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Article 48
 

Form of Ballots


(1) The design and the text of the ballot paper for the elections of the Parliament and the President of the Republic of Moldova shall be approved by a decision of the Central Electoral Commission. In local elections, the design of ballots shall be approved by the Central Electoral Commission, and their text shall be approved by a decision of the respective district electoral council.


(2) The ballot shall be divided into quadrangles equal to the number of candidates. The size of the quadrangle must be large enough to include the first and last name of the candidate, the name of the party, other socio-political organisation, electoral bloc that nominated the respective candidate or a list of candidates, and, upon request, the contestant’s electoral symbol or sign. Identical contestant’s electoral symbols or signs shall be prohibited.


(3) Candidates are listed on a ballot in the order determined by the results of the lot daily drawn by the appropriate election administration body.


(4) On the left side of each quadrangle shall be printed the electoral sign or the symbol of the electoral contestant that nominated the list of candidates or respective candidate, or, optionally, the electoral symbol of the independent candidate. The candidates’ electoral signs and symbols shall be presented to competent election administration body together with other documents for registration of the electoral contestant.


(5) On the right side of every quadrangle, and at an equal distance from the top and bottom margins, a 15 mm diameter circle shall be printed in which the voter applies the stamp with the inscription “Voted” (“Votat” in the original) next to the selected candidate.


(6) Ballots shall be drawn up in accordance with the Law on the use of languages spoken in the Republic of Moldova.


(7) In the event that several types of elections are held simultaneously, the ballots shall be of different colours.