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Article 38
 

Ballots

(1) Through the District State Administration Office in the Seat of Electoral Region, the chairman of the regional election board shall arrange for ballots to be printed. Ballots shall include the numerical symbol assigned to each set of party/coalition lists of candidates by drawing the lots (Article 33, Paragraph 5 above), the title of the Political Party or coalition, the name of each candidate as well as his/her surname, date of birth, occupation, place of permanent residence, and the candidate's ballot position indicated in Arabic numerals as well as his/her political affiliation or, if applicable, the fact that the candidate is not a member of any political party.

(2) In all electoral regions, ballots shall be printed in an identical type-face and character-size, on paper of identical quality, colour and size. Ballots shall be under the official seal of the regional election board.

(3) Through district State administration offices in the electoral region, and in case of the cities of Prague, Brno, Ostrava, and Plzeå, through municipal authorities of each city, the chairman of the regional election board shall send the ballots reproduced in the above manner to the Mayors, who subsequently shall have the ballots distributed (a) to each voter so that the electorate has received them no later than the third day prior to the day of the elections, and (b) to each ward election board so that the boards have received them on the day of the elections.