VÁMOS AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY
Inadmissible
András Sajó;Egidijus Kūris;Helen Keller;Jon Fridrik Kjølbro;Nebojša Vučinić;Robert Spano
1. A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix. 2. s, may be summarised as follows. 3. The applicants, permanently residing in Hungary, are currently working or studying in other countries. In order to vote in the 2014 Hungarian legislative elections, they were expected to appear in person at the Hungarian embassy or consulate in their country of temporary residence, or else in their constituencies in Hungary. As a consequence, they could not exercise their voting rights or only with substantial material difficulties. 4. Other Hungarian citizens living abroad who do not have a permanent registered address in Hungary were statutorily allowed to vote by post, as provided by section 266 of Act no. XXXVI of 2013 on Electoral Procedure. However, this option was not available under the law to citizens with a permanent address in Hungary, such as the applicants. 5. Act no. CCIII of 2011 on the Election of Members of Parliament provides as follows: “(1) Voters with residence in Hungary may vote for: a) one candidate in any single-member constituency and b) one party list. ... (3) Voters without residence in Hungary may vote for one party list.” 6. Act no. XXXVI of 2013 on the Electoral Procedure provides as follows: “Enrolment in the foreign representation electoral register may be requested by voters who are registered in the polling district electoral register and will be abroad on the day of the voting.” “The National Election Office shall enrol in the register of postal voters all voters with no Hungarian address who are listed in the central electoral register following a request submitted no later than the fifteenth day before the day of voting. The National Election Office shall indicate in the central electoral register that the voter has been entered into the register of postal voters.” “Voters who vote at a foreign representation shall do so by using the ballot paper of the single-member constituency corresponding to their Hungarian address and the ballot paper of national party lists. ...” “Voters listed in the register of postal voters cast their vote by post.”