(1) A voter recorded in the polling district electoral register of his address may submit a request for absentee voting if, on voting day, he stays within the territory of a polling district within the territory of Hungary other than the polling district of his address in Hungary.

(2) Requests for absentee voting shall be submitted not later than on the ninth day before voting day.

(3) A request for absentee voting shall specify the settlement in which the voter wishes to vote.

(4) On the basis of the request, the National Election Office shall deregister the voter from the polling district electoral register of his address and, at the same time, enter the voter into the electoral register of the polling district designated under section 78 of the settlement specified under paragraph (3) or in the case of a settlement with a single polling district, in the electoral register of the polling district.

(5) A voter who requested absentee voting

a) may, within the time limit under paragraph (2), modify or

b) may, by 10.00 on the second day before voting day, withdraw his request for absentee voting.

(6) If, within the time limit under paragraph (2),

a) a voter requests a mobile ballot box to an address that is not in the polling district in the electoral register of which he is recorded, or

b) a voter who requested absentee voting requests a mobile ballot box to an address that is not in the settlement in the electoral register of which he is recorded, 

his request shall be considered also a request for absentee voting or a request to modify his request for absentee voting. In such a situation, the National Election Office shall decide on both the request for absentee voting and the request for mobile ballot box.

(7) In the absence of a statement providing otherwise, if a voter who submitted requests for both absentee voting and mobile ballot box withdraws his request for mobile ballot box, he shall be registered in the electoral register of the polling district at the location of absentee voting. In the absence of a statement providing otherwise, if a request for mobile ballot box under paragraph (6) is withdrawn, the voter shall be registered in the electoral register of the polling district of his address.

(8) In a joint proceeding, a request for absentee voting shall apply to all elections of the joint proceeding.