§ Article 53Voting Procedure

1. Having been handed referendum ballot paper, the voter shall go into the polling booth and mark the ballot paper. It shall be prohibited to mark ballot papers outside the polling booth. The voter can only go into the polling booth alone, with the exception of a case stipulated in paragraph six of this Article.
2. On a referendum ballot paper the voter shall mark one of the answers printed on the ballot, according to the indicated example of how to mark it.
3. If two or more referendums are being held at the same time, the voter shall obtain and mark separate ballot papers for each.
4. The voter shall personally cast his marked referendum ballot paper into the ballot box.
5. Upon the request of the voter, a spoiled ballot paper shall be exchanged for a new one. A spoiled ballot paper shall be crossed and signed with a pen (with ballpoint pen) by a member of the referendum committee who shall then hand a new ballot paper. Spoiled ballot papers shall be kept separately.
6. The voter who, because of his physical disability, is unable to mark his referendum ballot papers and cast them into the ballot box himself, may designate another person to mark his referendum ballot paper in the polling booth or place it in the ballot box.. It shall be prohibited for the chairman or members of the referendum committee to perform these actions on behalf of a voter.