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Article 325
 

(1) The voting ballot shall be combined and the face side thereof shall contain:


1. the name and number of the district referred to in Article 313 (2) herein;


2. the full or abbreviated name of the party or coalition as stated in the application for registration thereof, or the name of the nomination committee, with the abbreviation for a party being written as aППa [abbreviation for apolitical partya in Bulgarian], for a coalition as aКПa [abbreviation for acoalition of partiesa in Bulgaria], and for a nomination committee as aИКa [abbreviation for anomination committeea in Bulgarian];


3. a square to be marked with an aXa or a aVa, showing the choice of the voter, with the sequential number of the party, coalition or nomination committee being written inside the said square;


4. the names of the candidate for President and the names of the candidate for Vice President, written on separate lines in the relevant candidate list;


5. (new, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) a square to be marked with an aXa or a aVa, showing the choice of the voter, with aНе подкрепям никого [None Of The Above]a being written inside the said square.


(2) The lines of the separate parties, coalitions and nomination committees shall be separated from one another by an empty line and a solid black horizontal line.


(3) (Amended, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) The name and number of the district referred to in Article 313 (2) herein shall be written on the top line of the ballot. The essential elements referred to in Items 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Paragraph (1) shall be written sequentially from left to right on a separate horizontal line for each party, coalition or nomination committee. The designation aнезависимa [independent] shall be written to the right of the names of the independent candidates. In the ballot for voting abroad, the name and number of the district shall be replaced by the text aБюлетина за гласуване извън странатаa [Ballot for Voting Abroad].


(4) The reverse side of the ballot shall be marked with two areas where the seal of the competent section election commission is to be affixed.


(5) (Amended, SG No. 57/2016, effective 22.07.2016) Ballots for parties, coalitions and nomination committees which do not contain the essential elements referred to in Items 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Paragraph (1) shall be used for voting abroad.