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Article 2
 

(1) Every adult Hungarian citizen except those mentioned in para. (2) shall have the right to vote during the election of Members of Parliament in the Republic of Hungary (hereafter referred to as elector).

(2) Any person who

(a) is under curatorship restrictive or exclusive of his capacity for action;

(b) has been barred by a final judicial decision from participating in public affairs; (c) is serving a prison sentence;

(d) has been committed in criminal proceedings to compulsory medical treatment shall be disqualified from the franchise.

(3) Every person entitled to vote and domiciled in Hungary shall have the right to be elected.

(4) Any person staying abroad on the day of election and having no permanent or temporary place of residence in Hungary shall be considered to be prevented from exercising his right to vote.