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Article 36
 

(1) For each uninominal college, the ballot papers shall be imprinted with letters of the same size and same characters, and with the same ink in as many copies as the number of electors registered in the permanent electoral rolls, with a supplement of 10%.


(2) The control stamps shall include the inscription “VOTED”, written with capital letters.


(3) The printing of the ballot papers shall be ensured by the electoral bureaux of constituency, through the prefects. The printing of the ballot papers for the polling stations from abroad shall be carried out through the prefect of the municipality of Bucharest. The prefects shall ensure that all necessary ballot papers are printed at least 10 days prior to the election day. The stamps for the electoral bureaux shall be manufactured through the care of the prefects, and the stamp of the Central Electoral Bureau and the stamps with the specification “VOTED” shall be manufactured by the Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reform. The stamps with the specification “VOTED” shall be distributed to the electoral bureaux through prefects, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the polling stations from abroad respectively. The stamps with the specification “VOTED” shall be manufactured at least 10 days prior to the election day.


(3-1) With at least 15 days before elections, the prefects shall present the model for each ballot paper, of each uninominal college, to the members of the electoral bureau of constituency. If the name of the candidates, the electoral sign or the name of the political parties, political alliances or electoral alliances are incorrectly printed or are not visible, the electoral bureau of constituency must request the prefect to modify the model and print accurate ballot papers.


(3-2) The president of the electoral bureau of constituency shall post up, for consultation, the copy of the model for each type of ballot paper at the seat of the electoral bureau of constituency, for 48 hours. After this term, no contestation shall be accepted anymore.


(4) The ballot papers shall be handed in to the president of the electoral bureau of constituency, who will distribute them, through mayors, to the presidents of the electoral bureaux of the polling stations, with at least two days before the election day. The ballot papers shall be handed in and distributed in sealed packages of 100 pieces each or multiple of 100 pieces, based on a minute.


(5) 2 copies of each model of ballot paper shall be stamped and annulled by the president of the electoral bureau of constituency, and shall be posted, with one day before the elections, at the seat of the courts, as well as at the seat of each polling station.


(6) At the request of the political party, political alliance, electoral alliance, organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities participating in the elections under the terms of the present title, or of the independent candidates, the electoral bureau of constituency shall release two stamped and annulled ballot papers for each.