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Article 68
 

Voting tools and their delivery: 


 (Change: 17/5/1979 - 2234/1 art.)


 (Additional first clause: 8/4/2010-5980/10 art.) Ballots should be prepared with the sizes of width 40, length 55,  height 50 cm, composed of fragile, heat-resistant, hard plastic, their caps are eligible to be tied with rope and seal and on caps there is a hole in length 25, width 1 cm for envelopes to be put in.  


 (Additional second clause: 8/4/2010-5980/10 art.) In MP, provincial assembly, municipality or mukhtar elections, separate ballots are used.


 (Additional third clause: 8/4/2010-5980/10 art.) Voting booths will be prepared at the sizes of width 120, length 120 and height 180 cm, portable, light metal profiled, one side collapsible, covered with dark colored synthetic fabric, easy to be carried and foldable.  


 (Additional fourth clause: 8/4/2010-5980/10 art.) Supreme Election Council phrase and logo are put on ballots and cabins. Supreme Election Council, when considered necessary, may make changes in standards of ballots and voting booths.  (Additional fifth clause: 8/4/2010-5980/10 art.) Supreme Election Council is responsible of composing stamp, ink and inking pad to be used in elections in order not to cause cancellation of elections.


 Presidency of Supreme Election Council send ballot box committee stamps (…)  and all kinds of materials and tools that are unable to be provided locally to presidencies of provincial and District Election Boards.



  1. Numbered stamp (it is recorded which number is given to which ballot) put in a sealed bag for each ballots in the precinct. 

  2. Approved list of environment candidates equal to total of number  of closed voting places in each precinct along with plate defined in Article 76,

  3. Packet composed of envelopes for ballot papers sealed with the stamp of District Election Board,

  4. Ballots,

  5. Inking pads and inks equal to the numbers of ballots,

  6. Approved written proceeding notebooks equal to the number of ballots,

  7. Census calendars in line with the examples,

  8. Printed written proceeding documents in line with examples,

  9. Empty bags equal to the number of ballots,

  10. Copy pens at appropriate numbers,

  11. Materials to construct voting place when considered necessary,

  12. Adequate numbers of empty white papers and other necessary materials considering the characteristics of such precinct,

  13. Two copies of ballot voters lists of which each paper is stamped by District Election Board and final paper is stamped, 

  14. Printed ballot papers which were delivered by political parties to District Election Boards to be put into closed voting areas,

  15. Ballot papers of each of independent candidates including their names and surnames delivered to District Election Boards to be put into closed voting place,

  16. Sealed and numbered package of combined ballot paper including stamp of District Election Board,

  17. “Yes” stamp for each ballots,

  18. (Repealed: 13/3/2008-5749/15 art.)