(1) A ballot paper is comprised of several sheets.
Quadrilaterals shall be printed on the inside pages of the ballot paper, as many as to contain all the lists of candidates, respectively all independent candidates, so that the last page should remain blank in order to allow the affixing of the polling station control stamp; the pages of the ballot paper shall be numbered. Ballot papers shall be stapled.
(2) Quadrilaterals shall be printed parallel to one another, in two columns per page. Quadrilaterals shall be numbered, starting with the fi rst quadrilateral of the left column on the fi rst inner page, which is given the order number 1, and going on to the fi rst quadrilateral of the right column, which is given the order number 2, and so the numbering continues down to the last quadrilateral.
(3) The name of the political party, political alliance, electoral alliance, or of the organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities taking part in the elections or, where appropriate, the mention “Independent candidate” shall be printed in the upper left corner of each quadrilateral, and the electoral symbol shall be printed in the upper right corner.
(4) The lists of candidates shall be printed in the quadrilaterals of each ballot paper; the candidates shall be identifi ed on the list by their surname and first name and shall be enlisted in the order established by the political party, political alliance, or electoral alliance that has submitted the list.
(5) For the mayor’s election, the candidate’s surname and first name shall be printed in the quadrilateral of the ballot paper, besides the elements stipulated under paragraph (3).
(6) The dimensions of the ballot paper shall be established by the constituency electoral bureau, by taking into consideration the number of quadrilaterals, as well as the space necessary for printing the candidates’ names and the other data stipulated under paragraphs (3) to (5).
(7) The ballot papers shall be printed on paper provided from the State reserve, as established by Government decision.
(8) In order to establish the order number on the ballot papers including lists of candidates or independent candidates for the offi ces of counsellors and mayors, the procedure shall be as follows:
a) in the fi rst stage, the lists submitted by the political parties, organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities having their own parliamentary group in at least one of the Chambers of Parliament, respectively the political alliances and electoral alliances including at least one political party or an organisation of citizens belonging to parliamentary national minorities shall be printed in the ballot papers’ quadrilaterals in the order resulting from the random draw performed by the president of the electoral bureau of the county constituency, respectively of the constituency of the Municipality of Bucharest, in the presence of the majority of its members;
b) in the second stage, the lists submitted by political parties or by organisations of citizens belonging to non-parliamentary national minorities, the political alliances and their electoral alliances shall be printed in the next quadrilaterals of the ballot paper, in the order resulting from the random draw performed by the president of the electoral bureau of the communal, town, municipal constituency and of the sector constituency of the Municipality of Bucharest, respectively by the president of the electoral bureau of county constituency and of the Municipality of Bucharest.
(9) The order established under point a) of paragraph (8) shall apply to all the electoral constituencies in the county, respectively in the Municipality of Bucharest, including for the county electoral constituency, respectively of the Municipality of Bucharest. The order established under points a) and b) of paragraph (8) shall also apply as regards the ballot paper for the mayor’s election.
(10) For each independent candidate, including the independent candidates running for the mayor’s offi ce, a distinct quadrilateral shall be printed at the end of the ballot paper, in which they shall be enlisted in the order of registration of their candidatures.
(11) The order established under paragraphs (8) to (10) shall be communicated to the prefect by the president of the electoral bureau of the county constituency, respectively by the presidents of the electoral bureaus of communal, town, municipal constituencies and of the sector constituencies for the Municipality of Bucharest, within 24 hours from the random draw.
(12) The random draw stipulated under paragraph (8) shall take place in the presence of the representatives of the political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances or organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities taking part in the elections that have submitted lists of candidates.