§ 143 (1) The following election committees shall work during the local referendum:
a) ballot counting committees,
b) local election committee,
c) regional election committees,
d) regarding capital, county related matters, the National Election Committee.
(2) The following election offices shall work during the local referendum:
a) local election offices,
b) parliamentary single mandate constituency election offices,
c) regional election offices,
d) regarding capital, county related matters, the National Election Office.
§ 143/A (1) The ballot counting committee shall
a) check the polling station, conduct voting, arrange for the lawful implementation of voting,
b) decide disputes arising during voting,
c) count the ballots, and determine the result in the electoral district, and make out minutes thereof,
d) propose for the competent election committee to annul the results of the electoral district if it notices any violation of law that affects the results on the merits.
(2) The local election committee shall
a) check the signatures submitted,
b) decide reserves regarding the referendum,
c) decide appeals against the resolution of the ballot counting committee adopted pursuant to clause a) and b) paragraph (1),
d) annul the results of voting if it establishes any violation of law that affects it on the merits,
e) determine and publish the result of the referendum,
f) initiate the decision of the body having powers, in case any violation of law is made known to it.
(3) The regional election committee shall
a) decide appeals against the local election committee's resolution
b) initiate the decision of the body having powers, in case any violation of law is made known to it.
(4) The National Election Committee shall issue a standpoint in order to develop a uniform interpretation of rules of law and uniform legal practice regarding the elections; the standpoint works as a guideline, no appeal against it lies; the standpoint shall be published in the Official Gazette of Hungary.
(5) In the event of local referendums on regional level the duties set forth in paragraph (2) will be fulfilled by the regional election committee, the duties set forth in paragraph (3) by the National Election Committee.
