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Article 54
 

  The ballot for election of council members shall contain:

1)      the ordinal number, name and symbol (if any) of the list submitter;



2)      the name and surname of the carrier of the list[3] based on the data from the official records, and
3)      the serial number of the ballot in the part remaining on the ballot stub of the booklet.

If there are list carriers with the same name and surname, then the initial letter of their middle name shall also be given.
 
The voter shall cast the vote on the lists of candidates by circling the ordinal number of the list submitter he has decided to vote for and putting the folded ballot in the ballot box for the lists of candidates for council members.
            The ballot shall be removed in numerical sequence from the stub of the booklet and given to the voter, while the serial number remains on the stub.
The ballot for election of mayor shall contain:
1)     the name and symbol (if any) of the list submitter; 2)      the ordinal number, name and surname of the candidates based on the data from the official records, and
3)      the serial number of the ballot in the part remaining on the ballot stub of the booklet.

 
The candidates on the ballot are listed in the order determined in the unique candidate list.
If there are candidates for mayors with the same name and surname, then the initial letter of their middle name shall also be given.
            The voter shall cast the vote for a candidate by circling the ordinal number before the candidate he has decided to vote for and putting the folded ballot in the ballot box for election of mayor in the municipality and/or the City of Skopje.

 
The ballot shall be removed in numerical sequence from the stub of the booklet and given to the voter, while the serial number remains on the stub.
The title of the ballot for electing council members and mayor shall contain the name of the municipality and/or the City of Skopje, for which the election is conducted.
The ballot shall be printed in the Macedonian language and its Cyrillic alphabet.
            For the local self-government unit in which 20% of the citizens speak an official language different from Macedonian, in addition to the Macedonian language and its Cyrillic alphabet, the ballot shall also be printed in the official language and alphabet used by the citizens in the pertinent local self government unit.

 
            In the City of Skopje, as a separate unit of the local self-government, if paragraph 12 of this Article cannot be applied for election of council members and a mayor of the City of Skopje, then on the ballot the name of the list submitter, name and surname of the list carrier, as well as the name and surname of the candidate for mayor shall be printed in Macedonian and its Cyrillic alphabet, as well as in the language and alphabet of the community to which they belong.
 
The voting instructions shall not be part of the ballot.
The instructions shall be posted in a noticeable place on the voting screen and in other noticeable places of the polling stations, in accordance with the Instruction issued by the State Election Commission. The instructions shall be printed in the Macedonian language and its Cyrillic alphabet and in the languages and alphabets of the other communities listed in the Preamble of the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia.
The candidate lists shall be posted in the voting room.