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Article 83
 

(1) The blank official ballot is invalid if

1. it is not unequivocally clear from the entry made by the voter which party the voter intended to vote for, or

2. a party was indicated, of which no provincial election proposal was made public in the provincial constituency where the person entitled to vote is registered in the electoral list of a community, or

3. no party and no person campaigning was indicated, or

4. only a campaigner was named, who is not campaigning for the party listed in the same column, or

5. the number of the provincial constituency and the letter of the regional constituency (§ 68 al. 1 penultimate sentence) was not entered or is not unequivocally clear.

(2) The provisions of § 81 al. 1 indents 1 and 2, and al. 2 and 3 shall apply accordingly.