(1) A ballot paper is comprised of several sheets. Quadrilaterals shall be printed on the inside pages of the ballot paper, as many as to contain all the lists of candidates, respectively all independent candidates, so that the last page should remain blank in order to allow the affi  xing of the polling station control stamp; the pages of the ballot paper shall be numbered. Ballot papers shall be stapled.

(2) Quadrilaterals shall be printed parallel to one another, in 2 columns per page. Quadrilaterals shall be numbered, starting with the first quadrilateral of the left column on the first inner page, which is given the order number 1, and going on to the first quadrilateral of the right column, which is given the order number 2, and so the numbering continues down to the last quadrilateral.

(3) The name of the political party, political alliance, electoral alliance, or of the organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities taking part in the elections or, where appropriate, the mention ‘Independent candidate’ shall be printed in the upper left corner of each quadrilateral, and the electoral symbol shall be printed in the upper right corner.

(4) The lists of candidates shall be printed in the quadrilaterals of each ballot paper; the candidates shall be identifi ed on the list by their surname and first name and shall be enlisted in the order established by the political party, political alliance, or electoral alliance that has submitted the list.

(5) For the election of mayors and presidents of the county councils, besides the elements stipulated under paragraph (3), the candidates’ surname and first name shall also be printed in the quadrilateral of the ballot paper.*

(6) The dimensions of the ballot paper shall be established by the constituency electoral bureau, by taking into consideration the number of quadrilaterals, as well as the space necessary for printing the candidates’ names and the other data stipulated under paragraphs (3) to (5).

(7) The ballot papers shall be printed on paper provided from the state reserve, as established by Government decision.

(8) In order to establish the order number on all the ballot papers used in an electoral constituency for the election of the mayor and the local council, for the election of the county council and the president of the county council or for the election of the General Council of the Municipality of Bucharest and of the General Mayor of the Municipality of Bucharest, as applicable, the procedure shall be as follows:

a) in the first stage, the candidatures submitted by the political parties having among their members at least 7 senators or 10 deputies or having obtained parliamentary representation at the previous ballot and the organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, as well as the political alliances and electoral alliances between them shall be printed in the ballot papers’ quadrilaterals in the order resulting from the random draw performed by the president of the electoral bureau of the constituency, in the presence of the majority of its members;

b) in the second stage, the candidatures submitted by political parties and the organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, the political alliances and electoral alliances other than those provided under point a) shall be printed in the next quadrilaterals of the ballot papers, in the order resulting from the random draw performed by the president of the electoral bureau of the constituency.**

(9) The order established according to paragraph (8) shall apply for all the ballot papers used for the local public administration authorities to be elected in electoral constituency in question.*

(10) For each independent candidate, including the independent candidates running for the office of mayor and for that of president of the county council, a distinct quadrilateral shall be printed at the end of the ballot paper, in which they shall be enlisted in the order of registration of their candidatures.*

(11) The order established under paragraphs (8) to (10) shall be communicated to the prefect by the president of the electoral bureau ofthe county constituency, respectively by the presidents of the electoral bureaus of communal, town, municipal constituencies and of the sector constituencies for the Municipality of Bucharest, within 24 hours from the random draw.

(12) The random draw stipulated under paragraph (8) shall take place in the presence of the representatives of the political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances or organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities taking part in the elections that have submitted lists of candidates.

* Amended by Government Emergency Ordinance No. 40/2019.
** Amended by Law No. 91/2020.