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Hungary
2018
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
The law should be amended to ensure that complaints are reviewed by the election commissions and the courts in sessions that give the complainant and the defendant the right to be heard. Further, NEC procedures could provide all commission members greater opportunities to contribute to the formulation of draft decisions. The drafting process should be inclusive and open to the deliberation of alternative decisions.
Recommendation # in final report:
24
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2022
Final report heading:
Complaints and Appeals
Hungary
2022
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
To stimulate media pluralism and diversity, measures to limit concentration of media should be considered, including enforcing existing legislation against media monopolies and dominant market positions.
Recommendation # in final report:
24
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Media
Hungary
2014
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
Criminal defamation provisions should be repealed in favour of civil sanctions designed to restore the reputation harmed. Sanctions should be strictly proportionate to the actual harm caused and the law should prioritize the use of non-pecuniary remedies.
Recommendation # in final report:
25
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2022
Final report heading:
Media
Hungary
2018
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
To enhance access to an effective remedy, concrete measures should be taken to aid election stakeholders in the filing of complaints and appeals. The NEC should further be empowered to consider an issue on the merits ex-officio when the complaint raises a valid point of concern, but would otherwise be rejected on formal grounds.
Recommendation # in final report:
25
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2022
Final report heading:
Complaints and Appeals
Hungary
2022
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
In order to provide for an effective system of appeal, the National Media and Info-communications Authority could be vested with the authority to review media-related complaints and be given the power to act ex officio on identified violations in a timely manner. The existing media monitoring could benefit from detailed measurements of the coverage of contestants, including the tone of such coverage, and from regular and timely publication of monitoring reports during the campaign period.
Recommendation # in final report:
25
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Secondary thematic area:
Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Media
Hungary
2014
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
In the current media environment, in order to foster equal opportunities for contestants, consideration could be given to amending the law to provide for both free and paid political advertising in broadcast media.
Recommendation # in final report:
26
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2022
Final report heading:
Media
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 provide for effective remedy on campaign finance violations, the law should clearly prescribe which body is responsible for handling such complaints.
Recommendation # in final report:
26
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area:
Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Complaints and Appeals
Hungary
2014
LEOM
Parliamentary
elections
Provisions in the legal framework that can be used to provide for the broadcasting of government advertisements during an election campaign should be amended in order to prevent the governing party having an undue campaign advantage.
Recommendation # in final report:
27
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Secondary thematic area:
Campaign
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2022
Final report heading:
Media
Hungary
2022
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
To ensure secrecy of voting and to prevent group voting, the election administration should establish and implement effective procedural safeguards.
Recommendation # in final report:
27
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Day
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Day
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