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Preparation of ballot papers
(1) Ballot papers shall be printed in accordance with the instruction approved by the
Central Electoral Commission. The members of the Commission shall assist and
representatives of the electoral competitors (referendum participants) may be present in the
production of the ballot paper matrix, in the printing of the ballot papers as well as in the
liquidation of the mould.
(2) Ballot papers shall be printed on opaque paper (matt) no later than 3 days before
the election day in a quantity corresponding to the number of voters. Two numbers shall be
affixed to each bulletin, corresponding to the serial number of the constituency and the serial
number of the polling station concerned.
(3) Printed ballot papers shall be kept at the electoral constituency council and remitted
on the eve of elections to the electoral bureau of the polling station based on a
handover/receipt document, except for those referred to in paragraph (7).
(4) The location where the ballot papers are held shall be guarded by the
representatives of the police forces. Only the chairperson of the electoral constituency council
concerned or the chairperson of the electoral bureau of the polling station concerned,
accompanied by at least two members of the board or bureau, shall have access to the ballot
papers.
(5) Representatives of electoral competitors (referendum participants), observers as
well as voters shall be entitled to take note of the ballot paper templates at the respective
electoral bureau.
(6) In national elections, ballot papers shall be sent to the electoral constituency
councils by the Central Electoral Commission no later than 2 days before the election day.
(7) The electoral bureaux of polling stations established outside the Republic of
Moldova shall send their ballot papers to the polling stations established outside the Republic
of Moldova at least 5 days before the election day, based on the estimated number of voters
established according to the information provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
European Integration and the information gathered by the Central Electoral Commission, but
no more than 5000 ballot papers per election bureau per voting day.
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