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Hungary
2018
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
To avoid long queues and overall delays in the process, polling stations handling absentee voting should operate in line with the legal limit of voters per regular polling station.
Recommendation # in final report:
26
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Day
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2022
Final report heading:
Voting, Counting and Tabulation
Hungary
2022
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
To ensure a coherent and sound electoral framework, the legislation should be reviewed to bring it further in line with OSCE commitments, international standards and good practice, well in advance of the next election period and on the basis of an inclusive and meaningful public consultation process.
Recommendation # in final report:
1
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Legal Framework
Hungary
2022
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
To guarantee a level playing field, fair campaign and equality of opportunities, the legal and institutional framework should clearly prohibit the misuse of administrative resources, including the prohibition of state officials campaigning in their official capacity, and the barring of the initiation or announcement of new state spending during a pre-election period.
Recommendation # in final report:
2
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Campaign
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Campaign Environment
Hungary
2022
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
The electoral dispute resolution framework should be reviewed and amended to guarantee that all voters have effective means to appeal against administrative decisions at any level of the election dispute resolution process.
Recommendation # in final report:
4
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Complaints and Appeals
Hungary
2022
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
Authorities should ensure, in a timely manner, access of the media to public information, events and documents and proactively put in the public domain information of public interest. The law should clearly define what information can be deemed as classified, restricting access only in limited and legally justifiable cases.
Recommendation # in final report:
5
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Media
Hungary
2022
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
To ensure effective legal remedy, the adjudicating bodies should avoid handling complaints in an overly formalistic manner. The NEC should be explicitly empowered to consider an issue on the merits ex officio when the complaint raises a valid point of concern. Election commissions should ensure sufficient examination of the cases before a decision is taken and ground their rulings in sound and consistent reasoning.
Recommendation # in final report:
6
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Complaints and Appeals
Hungary
2022
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
Consideration should be given to amending the legislation to explicitly provide for observation of all stages of the electoral process by citizen observers, in line with OSCE commitments.
Recommendation # in final report:
7
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Citizen and International Observation
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Observation
Hungary
2022
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
To guarantee the equality of the vote, the legal framework for delimitation of constituency boundaries should be brought in line with international standards and good practice. Current boundaries should be redefined in line with such revised law and by an independent body in a transparent and inclusive manner well in advance of the next elections.
Recommendation # in final report:
8
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Electoral System
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election and Referendum Systems
Hungary
2022
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
To ensure balanced coverage, the law should be amended to require public and private broadcast media to cover the election campaign fairly and impartially in information and current affairs programmes. Media should clearly distinguish between the campaign activities of candidates and activities of public officials and coverage of such events. Public television should be given financial and editorial independence, including from the MTVA.
Recommendation # in final report:
9
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Media
Hungary
2022
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
To increase trust in the accuracy of the voter register and integrity of the election process, consideration could be given to regularly updating the data of voters residing abroad without domicile in Hungary.
Recommendation # in final report:
10
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Voter Registration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Voter Registration
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