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Article 36
 

The Ballot.

The ballot shall contain the title of the draft (drafts) of the law or resolution submitted to the referendum, and the suggestion to answer "yes" or "no" the question about adoption or declining of this draft (drafts).

If two or more questions shall be submitted to the referendum, each of these questions shall be on a separate ballot.

If two or more referenda shall be conducted simultaneously, the ballot for each of them shall be of a different color.

The content and the form of ballots for All-Ukrainian or local referendum shall be determined respectively by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and by oblast, rayon, settlement and may not contradict the content of the draft question, formulated in peoples' deputies or citizens' demand to conduct a referendum.

Ballots should be printed in Ukrainian, and in case of necessity, in other languages which citizens of the voting division, who have the right to participate in the referendum, speak.

Ballots shall be handed over to the division referendum commissions no later than 15 days before All-Ukrainian referendum, and no later than 10 days before the local referendum.