Hungary Is Campaigning: Main Issues of the New Electoral Campaign Legislation
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2017
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Towarzystwo Doktorantów UJ
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A number of recent amendments explain the actuality of the topic, since on 26th November 2012 the National Assembly adopted Act XXXVI of 2013 on Electoral Procedure (hereinafter: Electoral Procedure Act), which introduced radical changes in the electoral campaign legislation in Hungary. According to the Act, “campaign methods shall include all methods capable of influencing or used in an attempt to influence voters’ choices.” The most used campaign methods are regulated with more details: posters, direct contact by the nominating organization or the candidate, political advertisements, election rallies. Thus this essay deals with the legal notion of electoral procedure, electoral campaign and the campaign finance.