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Section 255
 

(1) The provisions of section 120 (1) to (2) and sections 121 to 127 shall apply to recommending a national minority list. National minority lists may be recommended by voters who are recorded in the central electoral register as national minority voters also for the election of the Members of the National Assembly.


(2) For establishing the number of voters recorded in the electoral register as voters of a particular national minority, the voters who on the fiftieth day before voting day are recorded in the central electoral register as national minority voters also for the election of the Members of the National Assembly shall be taken into account.


(3) The National Election Office shall transmit, free of charge, to the national self-government of the national minority registered with final and binding effect as a nominating organisation the name and address of voters who are listed in the central electoral register as voters of the national minority also for the election of the Members of the National Assembly


a) at the time of handing over the recommendation sheet,


b) at the request of the nominating organisation on the thirty-eighth and thirteenth day before voting day, with the exception of data of voters who prohibited the release of their data under section 89 (1).


(4) Data provided pursuant to paragraph (3) a) shall only be used for gathering recommendations, while data provided pursuant to paragraph (3) b) shall only be used for direct political campaigning. The provisions of section 155 and section 218 (2) d) shall also apply to processing the data provided.