§ 89 (1) Voters who are away from their address but stay on the territory of Hungary on polling day may by presenting a certificate obtained from the head of the local election office of their address request of the head of the local election office, or, on polling day, the ballot counting committee of the settlement where they stay on the polling day to enter them in the register. On the strength of such certificate, citizens may vote at the settlement where they stay.
(2) Simultaneously with issuing the certificate, the head of the local election office of the address shall delete the voter from the register. On the grounds of the voter's statement, the settlement where the voter intends to vote shall be indicated in the certificate, and shall be stated in the register. Receipt of the certificate shall be acknowledged by the voter, or the person authorised by the voter on the strength of an authorisation made out for this purpose, by signature.
(3) On the grounds of the certificate and a card suitable for proving identity and address, the head of the local election office of the place of residence or the ballot counting committee shall enter the voter in a special register. The certificate and the special register shall be preserved as part of the election documents.
(4) The certificate may be issued the latest on the second day before the first round. The certificate may be requested either personally or through an authorised delegate. The certificate may be requested also by registered mail, on condition that it is received by the competent local election office the latest before the 5th day prior to the first round. The settlement where the voter intends to vote shall be indicated in the letter. The certificate requested in the letter shall be sent by certified mail with receipt of delivery requested to the voter to the address given by him or her.
(5) In order to issue the certificate, the person requesting the certificate shall disclose his/her name, personal identification number, address, the name of the settlement where he/she stay on polling day, and shall state if he/she requests the certificate for the first or the second, or both rounds of the election.
§ 89/A After the day preceding the first round of the election, the register shall not be modified because of change in the address.
§ 89/B (1) Inclusion in the register at foreign representations shall be applied for until the 23rd day preceding the first round of the election (the polling day in Hungary).
(2) In the application for inclusion in the register at foreign representations, the voter is obliged to indicate whether he/she requests his/her inclusion in the register at foreign representations for the first, the second round or both rounds of the election.
(3) The application shall be dismissed if it does not contain the data pursuant to paragraph (2).
(4) The register at foreign representations also indicates the constituency and the election round.
(5) The head of the local election office shall send the data of the register at the foreign representation to the National Election Office until the 15th day prior to voting in Hungary.
(6) The National Election Office shall send the data of the register at foreign representations also to the competent parliamentary single mandate constituency election committee.
