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Section 18
 

(1) The following may not be members of an election commission:


a) the President of the Republic,


b) the Principal of the National Assembly,


c) a representative,


d) a deputy mayor,


e) a local government clerk,


f) a member of another election commission and a member of an election office;


g) a regular and contractual soldier serving under a service relationship in the Hungarian Defence Forces, officer candidate, non-commissioned officer candidate and volunteer reserve soldier on active service, and


h) a candidate.


(2) In addition to those listed in paragraph (1), the following may not be elected members of an election commission:


a) members of political parties,


b) members of nominating organisations that nominate a candidate in the constituency in question,


c) relatives of a candidate who stands for election in the constituency in question,


d) persons, except for public employees, serving in government service or political service relationship, a commissioner’s relationship, service or other employment-related relationship at a central state administration organ within the meaning of the Acton central state administration organs and the legal status of members of the Government and State Secretaries or another administrative organ with powers within the territory of competence of the election commission.


(3) The cause of incompatibility and conflict of interest specified in paragraph (1) f) shall not apply to the following:


a) a member of a parliamentary single-member constituency election commission if he is elected as a member of a local election commission operating in a settlement located in the territory of the parliamentary single-member constituency, except for a local election commission operating in a settlement with a single polling district, and


b) a member of a local election commission operating in a settlement located in the territory of a parliamentary single-member constituency, except for a local election commission operating in a settlement with a single polling district, if he is elected as a member of the parliamentary single-member constituency election commission.


(4) A voter proposed for elected member or substitute member of an election commission shall before his being elected declare in writing that there is no incompatibility and conflict of interest with respect to him; a delegated member shall do the same before his oath-taking at the latest. If incompatibility or conflict of interest occurs with respect to a member or substitute member of an election commission, he shall inform of it the head of the election office at the election commission without delay and the election commission at its next sitting.