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General Right to Vote
Constitution:
(1997)
• Article 70, section (1) states, "All adult Hungarian citizens residing in the territory of the Republic of Hungary have the right to be elected and the right to vote in Parliamentary elections, local government elections or minority self-government elections, provided that they are present in the country on the day of the election or referendum, and furthermore to participate in national or local referenda or popular initiatives."

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Constitution:
(3 March 1995)
• Paragraph 70 subparagraph (1) states: "A person shall not have the right to vote if he is under guardianship with limited ability to act, is prohibited from taking part in public affairs pursuant to a court judgment with force of law, is serving a prison sentence pursuant to a court judgment with the force of law, or is subject to medical treatment as a result of a court judgment with force of law rendered in a criminal proceeding."
Electoral Law:
(1989: Act No. XXXIV on Election of Members of Parliament)
• Article 2, section (2) states: "Any person who (a) is under curatorship restrictive or exclusive of his capacity for action; (b) has been barred by a final judicial decision from participating in public affairs…(d) has been committed in criminal proceedings to compulsory medical treatment in a medical institution."

Voter Assistance by Other Citizens
Electoral Law:
(1989: Act No. XXXIV on Election of Members of Parliament)
• Article 68, section (2) states: "Only the voter may stay in the polling booth while filling the ballot paper. Voters unable to read or inhibited from voting by a bodily handicap or other reason may ask for the assistance of another voter, or, in the lack of this, two members of the vote counting board."