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The National Election Office (NVI) has completed verification of the statements attached to votes sent by mail to prove the voter’s identity, government website valasztas.hu said on Friday.
Fully 69.74 percent of people with dual Hungarian citizenship in other countries that had registered for the April 3 election cast their ballot this way, the portal said.
The NVI received 318,153 votes, 279,797 through Hungary’s embassies and consulates, 36,784 by regular post, and 1,572 through election offices in Hungary.
According to the portal, 268,766 envelopes contained a valid statement, while it was either invalid or missing in the rest of the cases.
The NVI is in the process of counting the votes and is expected to complete that task by Saturday.
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