A voter with a disability may request an accessible polling station, a Braille ballot form, easy-to-read information or Braille notification, or may withdraw a previous request.

Who's eligible

All voters with a Hungarian domicile are entitled to participate in the procedure.

How to proceed

An application must be submitted.

The request may be submitted electronically, in person, or by proxy.

1. Electronically

The application can be submitted electronically – with electronic identification – on the Personalized Administration Interface available on the www.magyarorszag.hu website by clicking here.

2. The request may be submitted in person or by proxy at any local election office.

The request may be submitted in person, and the form required for submitting the application by proxy can be filled in and printed here.

The request will be processed by the National Election Office through an automatic decision-making procedure.

Attention! The personal data provided in the request must match the information on the applicant’s official identification documents, and the Hungarian address must be valid.

Among the options listed in the application, the assistance(s) requested must be indicated (accessible polling station, Braille ballot template, easy-to-read information or Braille notice).

You can request the cancellation of the requested assistance at any time.

When submitting the request, it is possible to provide a notification address to which the National Election Office will send the decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of the request.

Deadlines

The application can be submitted at any time, regardless of the election.

With regard to the general parliamentary elections of 2026

• requests for Braille notices must be received no later than 4 p.m. on February 3, 2026,
• requests for easy-read notification must be received no later than 4 p.m. on Fabruary 3, 2026,
• requests for Braille ballot paper must be received no later than 4 p.m. on April 2, 2026,
• requests to vote in an accessible polling station must be received no later than 4 p.m. on April 9, 2026.

With regard to other elections:

• requests for Braille notices must be received no later than 4 p.m. on the 68th day prior to the election,
• requests for easy-read notices must be received no later than 4 p.m. on the 68th day prior to the election,
• requests for Braille ballot papers must be received no later than 4 p.m. on the 9th day prior to the election,
• requests to vote in an accessible polling station must be received no later than 4 p.m. on the 3rd day prior to the election.

Documents to submit

No additional documents need to be submitted other than the request.

Payment obligation

Submitting the request does not incur any payment obligation.

Acting public authority

The National Election Office.

Contact details of the local election offices (if the request form is submitted in person or by proxy):

https://www.valasztas.hu/elerhetosegek

Supreme authority / legal remedy

An appeal may be lodged against a decision on a request for assistance for a voter with a disability.

The appeal may be lodged no later than the thirtieth day after the decision is taken.

The appeal must be submitted in writing to the National Election Office:

- by e-mail to: fellebbezes@nvi.hu or

- by post: National Election Office, 1397 Budapest, mailbox. 547. or

- in person: 1054 Budapest, Alkotmány St. 3.

The appeal must contain

• a reference to the violation of rights or interests directly resulting from the decision,
• the name, address, place and date of birth of the applicant, and
• the number identifying the decision affected by the appeal.

The absence of the name, address, place and date of birth, and the number identifying the decision subject to appeal shall not result in the rejection of the appeal without substantive examination if the identity of the applicant and the decision subject to appeal can be identified.

The President of the National Election Office shall decide on the appeal, if it does not concern the central electoral register, no later than on the fifteenth day following its receipt, if it concerns the central electoral register or the register of postal voters, and the appeal is received no later than the twenty-fifth day before the election, no later than the second working day following its receipt, and if it is received after the twenty-fifth day before the vote, no later than the working day following its receipt, but no later than 3 p.m. on the third day prior to the election.

• If the President of the National Election Office upholds the applicant's appeal, the applicant will receive the assistance needed to vote.
• If the President of the National Election Office rejects the applicant's appeal, it shall submit the appeal to the Budapest Metropolitan Court no later than the last day of the deadline for its consideration, which shall decide on the appeal on the fifteenth day following its receipt, or within three days following its receipt in the case of a decision taken after the election has been called, but no later than the day before the vote.

Legal representation is not mandatory in court proceedings.

If the court considers the appeal to be well-founded, it will amend the decision; otherwise, it will reject the appeal.

Other information

The National Election Office processes the application, makes and delivers the decision - for all application forms - by using the electoral IT system, without human intervention, in the framework of an automatic decision-making procedure, with the following exceptions:

• by an administrator in person or by an agent for service of documents in the case of an application:
• • identification,
  • recording the request, transmitting the decision,
• the assistance of an administrator shall be provided in the cases specified in paragraph (5) of Article 93 of the Act on Electoral Procedure (e.g. discrepancy between the data in the applicant's application and the data in the central register). After the assistance of an administrator, the application shall be considered in the framework of automatic decision-making procedure.

Relevant legislation

Act XXXVI of 2013 on the Electoral Procedure

Definitions

voter with a disability: voters who have significantly impaired or completely lack sensory abilities, particularly vision, hearing, mobility, or intellectual abilities, or who are significantly limited in their communication, and this represents a permanent disadvantage for them in actively participating in social life.