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Article 421
 

(1) The face side of the voting ballot for municipal councillors shall contain:


1. the name of the municipality and the number of the constituency;


2. the designation aБюлетина за общински съветнициa [Ballot for Municipal Councillors];
3. the full or abbreviated name of the party or coalition as stated in the application for registration thereof, or the designation aNomination Committeea, with the abbreviation for a party being written as aППa [abbreviation for apolitical partya in Bulgarian], and for a coalition as aКПa [abbreviation for acoalition of partiesa in Bulgarian];
4. 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 in the said square;
5. (amended, SG No. 35/2014, effective 22.04.2014) circles with sequential numbers written in the said circles, whereof the number corresponds to the number of members of the Municipal Council, to be marked with an aXa or a aVa, showing the preference of the voter for a candidate on the candidate list of a party or coalition; the number written in each separate circle shall designate the sequential number by which the candidate has been registered on the candidate list of a party or coalition;
6. (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 a solid black horizontal line.


(3) (Amended, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) The name of the municipality and the number of the constituency shall be written on top of the ballot, above the designation aБюлетина за общински councillorsa [Ballot for Municipal Councillors]; The essential elements referred to in Items 3, 4 and 6 of Paragraph (1) shall be written on the ballot sequentially from left to right on a separate horizontal line for each party, coalition or independent candidate. The designation aнезависимa [independent] shall be written to the right of the names of the independent candidate.


(4) The essential element referred to in Item 5 of Paragraph (1) shall be written on the right-hand side of the ballot. 


(5) 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.