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Article 48
 

(1) If several provincial election proposals in the same provincial constituency bear the name of the same person campaigning, the provincial electoral authority shall request this person to state within eight days, which of the election proposals he opts for, however, on the thirty-fourth day before the day of election at the latest. He shall be deleted from all other provincial election proposals. If he does not give notice within the period provided, he shall be kept on that provincial election proposal bearing his name, which was first submitted.

(2) If provincial election proposals bear the name of the same person campaigning in two or more provincial constituencies, mutual consent shall be reached between the respective provincial electoral authorities and al. 1 be applied accordingly. If no mutual consent can be reached, the federal electoral authority shall decide on the matter. The decision made shall be notified by the federal electoral authority to the respective provincial electoral authorities till the thirty-first day before the day of election at the latest, and is binding on the provincial electoral authorities.