00:01The official campaign for Hungary's parliamentary election in April begins this weekend,
00:06with candidates and their supporting organisations now having two weeks to collect the necessary signatures of support.
00:14Under the election procedure law, posters can be displayed freely,
00:18and prospective candidates can collect endorsement sheets from constituency election offices.
00:25Individual candidates must collect at least 500 valid signatures to be included on the ballot.
00:31Candidates must be registered by the 6th of March at the latest,
00:34and endorsement sheets must be submitted to the election offices by this date.
00:39According to the law, campaigning is any activity that is likely to influence or attempt to influence the will of
00:45voters.
00:46Campaign tools include posters, direct contact with voters, political advertising,
00:51political announcement and election rallies.
00:54This year's vote will be a crucial one,
00:57with polls showing widely different outcomes depending on who conducts the survey.
01:01Some show the opposition tease a party ahead,
01:04while others report a comfortable lead for Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Vides party.
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