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§ 76
 

Empty official ballot paper


(1) The empty official ballot paper must have columns in which the voter can enter the party name (or its abbreviation) and one candidate from the provincial party list and the regional party list of the party they are voting for. It must also contain the details illustrated in the specimen copy in schedule 7. The empty official ballot paper can only be issued on request of the federal elections authority.


(2) The size of each empty ballot paper has to be approximately equal to a DIN A5 format.


(3) Empty official ballot papers are to be submitted to the municipal and ward elections authorities through the district commission and municipalities, in towns with an own charter through the same ones, in the necessary number. The last sentence of § 75, para 3, is to be applied accordingly. Further empty official ballot papers are to be submitted to the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs for the purpose of forwarding them to the Austrian official representations so that these can hand out empty official ballot papers, where applicable, if the official ballot paper was lost by voters voting with voting card or became unusable.