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Article 14
 

(1) The Central Election Commission assigns numbers to the lists of candidates by first choosing the numbers by lot for those lists of candidates which have been registered in all five constituencies, then for those who have been registered in four constituencies, and so on. Choosing by lot is made in each of the above mentioned groups in the sequence they were registered. The same list of candidates will have the same number in all constituencies.

(2) The Central Election Commission shall ensure the printing of the lists of candidates on separate forms ballot papers and their transfer to district (city) electoral commissions and to the polling stations established in foreign countries.

(3) The ballot paper shall contain the following data:



the name of the constituency;



the number of the list of candidates;



the name of the list of candidates; and



full names of the nominated candidates.



(4) In the ballot paper there is a blank space across from each name of the candidate for the electors mark to be made.