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Article 71
 

The Election Ballot

1. The Central Election Commission shall no later than 30 days prior to the day of elections approve the form and the text of the election ballot for voting on the day of the elections of the President of Ukraine, as well as the form of the election ballot for repeat voting. The Central Election Commission shall no later than ten days prior to the day of the repeat vote approve the text of the election ballot for repeat voting.

2. Election ballots are documents subject to strict reporting.

3. The election ballot must contain the type and date of the elections (the ballot for repeat voting - the date of the repeat vote), the number of the territorial election district, the number of the election precinct, except for special precincts created according to part ten of article 20, as well as designated places for the seal of the polling station election commission, and the surname, initials and signature of the member of the polling station election commission who will issue the election ballot.

4. The election ballot for voting on the day of elections shall be completed with information, in alphabetic order by surnames, about the registered candidates to the post of President of Ukraine, indicating their surnames, names and patronymics, their year of birth, place of residence, place of work (occupation), the party affiliation of the candidate, and the subject that nominated the candidate. An empty square box shall be placed to the right of the information about each candidate. The following text shall be indicated in the election ballot after the surnames of all candidates: "I do not support any candidate to post of President of Ukraine" and an empty square box shall be placed to the right of these words.

5. The election ballot must contain an explanation to the voter about the procedure for marking the ballot during the vote.

6. The election ballot shall have a control coupon separated from it by a perforation line. The con­trol coupon must contain the type and date of the elections (date of the repeat vote), the number of the territorial election district, the number of the election precinct, as well as designated places for the number, under which the voter is entered into the list of voters in the precinct, the signature of the voter, who receives the election ballot, the surname, initials and signature of the member of the polling station election commission, who will issue the election ballot.