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Article 422
 

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


1. the name of the municipality, borough or mayoralty and the number of the respective constituency;
2. the designation aБюлетина за кмет на общинаa [Ballot for Municipality Mayor], aБюлетина за кмет на кметствоa [Ballot for Mayoralty Mayor] or aБюлетина за кмет на районa [Ballot for Borough Mayor];
3. 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 Bulgarian], and for a nomination committee as aИКa [abbreviation for anomination committeea 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 independent candidate being written in the said square;
5. the names of the candidate for mayor.
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.
7. (renumbered from Item 6, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) an empty line between the names of the candidates.


(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 of the municipality and the number of the constituency shall be written on top of the ballot, above the designation aБюлетина за кмет на общинаa [Ballot for Municipality Mayor], Бюлетина за кмет на районa [Ballot for Borough Mayor] or aБюлетина за кмет на кметствоa [Ballot for Mayoralty Mayor]. The essential elements referred to in Items 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Paragraph (1) shall be written 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 reverse side of the ballot shall be marked with two areas where the seal of the competent section election commission is to be affixed.