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Article 43
 

(1) The provincial election proposal shall contain:

1. the distinctive party name in words and a possible abbreviation consisting of not more than five letters, which can be a word;

2. the provincial party list, being a list of at most twice as many campaigning persons as representatives to be elected in the provincial constituency , and the regional party lists, being the lists of at most twelve or twice as many campaigning persons as representatives to be elected in the regional constituencies of the provincial constituency, in the sequence order determined by Arabic numbers of the respective application, and with the family and first names, the year of birth, the occupation, and the address of each campaigning person, subject to the condition that no campaigning person may appear on several regional party lists;

3. the name of the legal representative authorised to receive official mail (first and family name, occupation, address)

(2) A campaigning person may only be listed in the provincial election proposal if he has given his written consent. The declaration shall contain the name of the campaigning person as contained in the respective party list of the election proposal.

(3) The provincial electoral authority shall submit copies of the provincial election proposals received without delay to the federal electoral authority and the other provincial authorities. Subsequent modifications, which were taken into account in the provincial election proposals made public according to § 49, shall be reported accordingly to the federal electoral authority and the other provincial electoral authorities without delay.

(4) The campaigning parties shall pay to the Federal Republic a contribution for the costs of the production of the official ballot for the regional constituencies of the provincial constituency amounting to 435 Euros. This contribution shall be paid in cash to the provincial electoral authority at the time of the submission of the election proposal (al. 1). If the contribution for the costs is not paid, the election proposal is deemed as not submitted.