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Article 422
 

Ballot Paper for Mayor


(1).The face of the ballot paper for mayor shall contain:



  1. the name and the number of the municipality, district or mayoralty and the number of the respective constituency;

  2. the title "Ballot Paper for Municipality Mayor", "Ballot Paper for Mayoralty Mayor " or "Ballot Paper for Borough Mayor";

  3. the full and/or abbreviated name of the political party or the coalition of parties as stated in the application for registration thereof, or the name of the nomination committee, with the abbreviation for a political party being written as "ПП" [abbreviation for "political party" in Bulgarian], for a coalition of parties as "КП" [abbreviation for "coalition of parties" in Bulgarian], and for a nomination committee as "ИК" [abbreviation for "nomination committee" in Bulgarian];

  4. a square to be marked with an "X" or "V" sign showing the preference of the voter, where the sequential number of the political party, coalition of parties or nomination committee is written;

  5. the names of the candidate for Mayor;

  6. (new - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016) a box for placement of the "X" or "V" signs showing the preference of the voter, containing the text "I do not support anyone".

  7. (prev. text of Item 06 - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016) an empty line between the names of the candidates.


(2) Lines of different parties, coalitions and nomination committees shall be separated from each other by an empty line and solid black horizontal line.


(3) (amend. - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016) The name of the municipality and the number of the constituency shall be written on top of the ballot paper, above the title "Ballot Paper for Municipality Mayor", "Ballot Paper for Mayoralty Mayor" or "Ballot Paper for Borough Mayor". Details under para. 1, items 3, 4, 5 and 6 shall be written sequentially from left to right on a single horizontal line for each political party, coalition or nomination committee. The word "independent" shall be written following the names of the independent candidates.


(4) Two places shall be marked on the back of the ballot paper for the seal of the respective precinct election commission.