Invalid ballot papers

1. Invalid ballot papers shall be: 1) ballot papers of a single-member constituency in which more than one candidate is marked or no candidate is marked;

2) ballot papers of a multi-member constituency in which more than one list of candidates is marked or no list of candidates is marked;

3) ballot papers with marks that make it impossible to determine the voter’s will, except for the cases related to preference votes;

4) ballot papers of an unspecified model;

5) ballot papers which are not stamped with the mark of the electoral committee;

6) ballot papers of the wrong single-member constituency;

7) ballot papers of the wrong multi-member constituency;

2. Ballot papers of multi-member constituencies may not be declared invalid on the sole ground that it is impossible to determine for whom the voter has cast a preference vote(s).

3. If there is more than one ballot paper in the voting envelope, or if there is more than one ballot paper of a single-member constituency and a multi-member constituency in the voting envelope at an election to the Seimas, a local election or a mayoral election, all ballot papers in the envelope shall be considered invalid.