Ballot Papers

(1) A ballot paper shall be produced for each political party and coalition, whose list of candidates has been registered.

(2) Based on the registered lists of candidates, the Ministry of Interior shall provide for the necessary number of ballot papers.

(3) The ballot paper shall contain the number of the list of candidates determined by lot, the date of election, the name of the political party or names of the political parties creating a coalition, the serial number, name and surname of the candidate, degree, age, employment of the candidate according to the list of candidates and the municipality of his/her permanent residence. The order of the candidates in the ballot paper must be identical with the order in the registered list of candidates. If the political party or political parties creating a coalition have provided their graphic image in the list of candidates, the graphic image shall also be provided in the ballot paper. The State Commission shall verify the correctness of the data provided in the ballot paper and it shall attach its official seal to the original of the ballot paper. The original of the ballot paper shall represent the background document for printing of ballot papers.

(4) Ballot papers must be printed in the same font type and size, in the paper of the same colour and quality and with the same dimensions.

(5) If the political party uses capital letters in its name, its name shall be provided in the ballot paper in the same way as the names of the other political parties.

(6) The Ministry of Interior shall deliver the ballot papers through District Offices to municipalities no later than 40 days before the date of election. Municipality mayors shall ensure that the ballot papers are delivered to District Electoral Commissions no later than on the date of election.

(7) The voter voting in the territory of the Slovak Republic shall receive the ballot papers in the polling station on the election date.

(8) If the list of candidates is withdrawn by the political party or coalition, if the political party or the political party, which is part of a coalition, is cancelled at the time after the registration of the list of candidates, the ballot papers of this political party or coalition shall not be printed, and if they have already been printed, the District Electoral Commissions shall ensure that they are not handed out in the polling stations; if they have already been handed out, they shall not be taken into account in counting the votes.