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Article 82
 

(1) The filled out blank official ballot shall be valid if it is unequivocally clear which party the voter with an electoral card intended to vote for. This shall be particularly the case if the voter enters the party name or the abbreviation of a party, which was publicly announced in the provincial constituency where he is registered in the electoral list of a community.

(2) On the blank official ballot issued to him the electoral card voter can cast one valid preferential vote each by naming a campaigner on the regional party list and a campaigner on the provincial party list of the party voted for.

(3) The provisions of §§ 78 to 80 shall apply accordingly.