In other states, voting is a common practice – which is possible only in the case of Hungarians living abroad. In Britain, for example, voters can vote with the help of a local mediator. In addition to voting by letter, Romanian citizens have 140 Spanish, 137 Italian, 61 German and 50 British polling stations. In return, Hungarians will be able to vote in five cities in Germany, two in Austria and three in Great Britain. 24 h.
However, citizens of Denmark, Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia and Cyprus who live abroad are not allowed to vote in elections held in their home countries.
However, according to the newspaper, there is no such discrimination as in Hungary, i.e. non-resident (cross-border) voters are allowed to vote in Hungary, but their counterparts living abroad in Hungary can vote in person only after registration. If they had to travel hundreds of miles to do so.
The effect of this will be seen again this year, because although instead of more than 58,000 four years ago, 65,716 people have registered to vote in overseas missions, this is a small part of the real number of Hungarians living abroad, that is, many do not that. Accept the inconvenience vote.
About 500,000 Hungarian citizens live abroad. The Hungarian diaspora numbered 190,000 in Germany, 114,000 in the United Kingdom by 2020, and 91,000 in Austria.
In the 2018 elections, 52,000 voters voted against it. In Austria, this can only be done at the embassy in Vienna. In Germany, four cities (Berlin, Düsseldorf, Munich and Stuttgart), and in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Edinburgh, London and Manchester, were selected for voting. In voting on April 3, 2022, those already living in Austria will be able to vote at the Consulate General in Innsbruck, Nuremberg in Germany will be among the potential polling stations, while the United Kingdom will remain the three seats.
