1. The Central Electoral Commission approves the specimens of ballots, ballot boxes and seals of the electoral commissions. The ballot box may be made of transparent material. During the voting each citizen gets equal number of ballots.
2. In the event of holding different elections simultaneously the ballots are prepared in a manner, so that they obviously differ from each other.
3. The Central Electoral Commission establishes the form of the ballot and the text on it. The ballots shall be printed on non- transparent paper.
4. Deleted (Amend. of July 31, 2002 LA-406-P).
5. Each ballot shall contain a note on the procedure for marking the ballot.
6. The line "against all" shall be written after the candidates (names of parties) in the ballot, with a rectangle on the right, for making the mark.
7. Ballot papers are issued not earlier than 9 and not later than 3 days prior to the voting day.
8. The seals of electoral commissions are prepared by the order of the Central Electoral Commission, according to the specimen approved by the Central Electoral Commission.
9. The seals of Precinct Electoral Commissions shall have four-digit numbers.
10. The Central Electoral Commission wraps the seals of Precinct Electoral Commissions in non-transparent parcels, seals them without making any marks on them, and not earlier than five days and not later than three days prior to the day of voting hands them out to Territorial Electoral Commissions, counting solely the number of the seals given away, on the principle of one precinct – one seal.
11. The parcels are numbered and sealed in the Territorial Electoral Commission. On the day prior to the day of voting, the Territorial Electoral Commission gives the parcels to the Chairmen of Precinct Electoral Commissions, one packed seal to each.
12. Within fifteen days after the day of voting, Chairmen of the Territorial Electoral Commissions, return the seals, according to the procedure established by the Central Electoral Commission.
