Deceased Individuals Summoned to Vote in Halásztelk, Hungary
In a rather perplexing turn of events, a family from Halásztelk, Hungary, reached out to the local electoral office upon receiving a notification that their grandmother, who passed away in 2017, has been invited to participate in the upcoming municipal and European Parliament elections this June.
Furthermore, a neighbor who emigrated abroad in the 1980s and would now be 116 years old, also received an electoral notice, according to reports by hvg.hu.
The National Electoral Office (NVI) attributed this baffling incident to erroneous data listed in the personal identification and residency records managed by the Ministry of Interior. They explained that the notifications and voter lists were compiled based on this faulty data, leading to the accidental dispatch of voting invitations to deceased or ineligible individuals.
Upon recognizing the mistake, the NVI promptly contacted officials at the Ministry of Interior, who assured that the records would be corrected for both cases reported. Consequently, the inaccurate data were removed from the system.
Despite the resolution, questions linger for the family involved, as they remain puzzled by the sudden appearance of their deceased grandmother in the voting database several years after her demise. They have raised concerns about the integrity of governmental records, noting that this was the first incident of its nature, where their late relative was mistakenly called to vote, or contacted based on what now appears to be flawed data maintained by the Ministry of Interior.