MAGYAR KÉTFARKÚ KUTYA PÁRT v. HUNGARY JUDGMENT
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Campaign period and materials
Section 139
“The election campaign period shall last from the fiftieth day before voting until the
end of voting on polling day.”
Section 140
“Campaign materials shall include all materials which are capable of influencing or
which attempt to influence voters’ choices, including especially:
(a) posters;
(b) direct contact by the nominating organisation or the candidate;
(c) political advertisements;
(d) election rallies.”
Section 141
“The following shall constitute campaigning activities: the use of campaign
materials in the campaign period, and any other activity during the campaign period
aimed at influencing or attempting to influence voters’ choices.”
Section 142
“The following shall not be considered election campaigning: the activities of
electoral bodies, and personal communication between citizens as private persons,
regardless of its content and form.”
Section 143
“On election day no election campaign activities may be pursued in public areas
within 150 metres of the entrance to the building designated as a polling station.”
Decision on complaints
Section 218
“(1) The election commission shall adjudicate complaints based on the available
information.
(2) If the election commission upholds a complaint, it shall
(a) establish the fact of unlawfulness;
(b) order the termination of the unlawful conduct;
(c) set aside the election procedure or the part thereof affected by the unlawful
conduct and order a new procedure;
(d) have the power to issue a fine in cases of violations of the rules of election
campaigns and of the obligations described in sections 124(2) and 155.”
C. Constitutional Court Act
33. The Constitutional Court Act (Act CLI of 2011) provides, in so far
as relevant, as follows: