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Section 76
 

(1) In addition to performing the tasks set out in section 75, the National Election Office


a) shall provide for the maintenance of the central electoral register, the polling district electoral register, the postal voter electoral register, the foreign mission electoral register, the register of citizens without suffrage, the register of polling districts and constituencies, the register of nominating organisations, candidates and lists and the register of representatives,


b) shall provide for conducting public procurement procedures necessary for carrying out the election, and for procuring products and services,


c) shall provide for the setting up and secure operation of the IT system,


d) shall provide for the performance of the central logistical tasks related to the election,


e) shall provide for the performance of the central tasks related to the financial management of the election,


f) shall ensure that data related to the election are stored securely,


g) shall operate the official election website,


h) shall organise administrative and IT tests,


i) shall ensure that the central forms necessary for conducting the election are produced and shipped,


j) shall carry out research regarding the history of elections, the international comparison of electoral systems and the possible improvements of the methods and tools of the election procedure,


k) shall cooperate with the election bodies of other states,


l) may make proposals as regards the adoption or amendment of laws affecting elections, and shall give its opinion with respect to draft laws affecting its functions.


(2) The National Election Office shall regularly publish, and at least daily update, data of public interest and data accessible on public interest grounds related to electoral registers, voting and election results on its website, especially:


a) the number of voters with no address in Hungary who requested their registration, who are registered in the electoral register, who sent back the voting documents and who handed over the valid voting documents, broken down by country based on their contact address, with the proviso that data from states that prohibit dual nationality are to be published under a combined heading,


b) the number of voters recorded in the central electoral register, voters recorded in the individual polling district electoral registers, absentee voters, voters recorded in the foreign mission electoral register and voters recorded in the postal voter electoral register,


c) the number of voters who turn up and cast their votes at the individual polling stations and who turn up and cast their votes at the individual foreign missions,


d) the name and nominating organisation of voters for whom recommendation sheet was requested and of those who were notified as candidates, and the name and nominating organisation of candidates and of elected representatives, and


e) the content of the minutes establishing the polling district election results and the election results.


(2a) The National Election Office shall each year publish on the official election website the number of the voters based on data available on 1 January, broken down by election type, settlement as well as status according to Article XXIII (1) to (3) of the Fundamental Law on which the right to vote is founded.


(3) The National Election Office may entrust with data processing tasks relating to


a) the register of polling districts and constituencies,


b) the central electoral register, the polling district electoral register, the foreign mission electoral register, the postal voter electoral register,


c) the register of citizens without suffrage,


d) the register of nominating organisations, candidates and lists,


e) the register of representatives,


f) the verification register of the signatories of referendum initiatives, European citizens initiatives, initiatives for the recognition of a national minority as an ethnic group resident in Hungary,


g) the register of data relating to voter turnout and preliminary and final data relating to minutes, and


h) the user register providing electronic access to the registers referred to in points a) to g)


only data processing entities that are state administration organs or companies exclusively owned by the State, unless the Act on the enhanced protection of public registers constituting national data assets grants specific exemption from this limitation.


(4) The National Election Office shall provide data to the central registration body of the Hungarian Defence Forces and the territorial military administrative bodies for keeping records of persons obliged to perform military service in accordance with section 19 l) and section 20 (1) e) of Act XXI of 2022 on national defence data processing.