Ballot papers

1. There shall be two following types of ballot papers:

1) ballot papers of a single-member constituency;

2) ballot papers of a multi-member constituency.

2. A ballot paper must contain the following data:

1) the coat of arms;

2) the name of an election;

3) the date of poll;

4) the guidance for marking the ballot paper;

5) the space for expressing the voter’s will;

6) the space provided for the stamp of the electoral committee or the voting commission.

3. A ballot paper for a single-member constituency shall contain, in alphabetical order, in the same font for each candidate and in equal spacing between the candidates, the full name of each candidate accompanied either by the name of a political organisation or coalition that has nominated the candidate, or the indication ‘a self-nominated candidate’.

4. A ballot paper of a multi-member constituency shall contain the following data:

1) lists of candidates and the names of political organisations or coalitions appearing in their application documents are provided in ascending order of the candidate numbers, in equal spacing between all lists of candidates and in the same font. The ballot paper shall contain the full name of the candidate listed first on the list of candidates, the name of the political organisation or coalition, and a black and white image of the emblem (mark) of the political organisation registered by the said organisation under the procedure laid down by law; in an election to the European Parliament, the ballot paper shall contain the name of the European political party to which the political organisation or coalition relates and an emblem of the European political party, if any;

2) five boxes are printed for the voter to write down candidate numbers of the candidates chosen from the list of candidates for which the voter has voted.

5. Ballot papers shall be printed aboard the ships sailing under the national flag of Lithuania in accordance with the description transmitted by the Central Electoral Commission electronically. Upon the decision of the Central Electoral Commission, ballot papers may also be printed in diplomatic missions, consular posts and military missions of the Republic of Lithuania abroad according to the description transmitted electronically.

6. Ballot papers shall be printed, distributed and their accounting shall be kept under the procedure laid down by the Central Electoral Commission.