The traditional form of ballots are paper ballots. Usually single integral ballot papers (so-called “Australian ballots”) are used which list all parties and candidates contesting in the constituency and have to be marked by the voters, according to the law. Following the determination that a voter is entitled to vote at the polling station, the ballot papers should, as a rule, be immediately issued to the voter by an authorised polling official. It is strictly forbidden by law that voters receive more ballot papers than they are entitled to have. Not acceptable is the practice, still observed in some regions, that extra ballots are given to citizens after showing identity documents of their non-present relatives. In order to prevent an excessive amount of ballot papers being in circulation, the number of ballots printed and distributed should be adjusted to the needs of each election and polling station.