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Article 95
 

1. The ballot papers will be rectangular, large enough to fit in all the lists submitted for the voting in each constituency, and will be printed on white, smooth, non-transparent paper.


2. Each ballot paper will contain, in accordance with the form attached to this law, the denominations, abbreviations and symbols of the parties and coalitions putting forward the candidatures, aligned in rows, in a list ordered according to the draw carried out under the terms of article 31; denominations, abbreviations and symbols shall be as registered or according to registration at the Constitutional Court, whichever is the case. The symbols must be identical in composition, layout and size to those registered.


3. On the line corresponding to each party or coalition there will be a blank box, for the elector to mark his/her vote.


4. The State, through the Home Office, is responsible for producing the ballot papers, which will be printed by Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda.


5. The general-director of Internal Affairs, or the Minister of the Republic in the autonomous regions, shall send the ballot papers to every president of municipality or president of municipal administrative commission, or to the neighborhood managers in municipalities where there are administrative neighborhoods, so that the stipulation outlined in no. 2 of article 52 may be complied with.


6. The ballot papers, in a number equal to the number of electors registered in the polling station or section plus 20%, will be sent in an envelope, which will be closed and sealed.


7. The president of the municipality or the municipal administrative commission, or the neighborhood managers in municipalities where there are administrative neighborhoods, and the chief electoral officers of the polling stations or sections will report to the president judge of the county court with headquarters in the district capital or autonomous region, regarding the ballot papers received. The chief electoral officers of the polling stations or sections must return, on the day after the elections, the ballot papers not used, spoiled or rendered unusable by the electors.