(1) The official ballots for the regional constituencies of the provincial constituency shall have an equally big column for each campaigning party. It shall contain the list number, a circle, the party name including, if applicable, the abbreviation, thereunder free space each for the entry of a person campaigning on the provincial party list of the party voted for, and lists of campaigners in the sequence order of the regional party lists with circles and Arabic numbers, stating family and first name and the year of birth, and furthermore the information provided in the specimen in Schedule 6, while taking into account the public announcement effected according to § 49. Likewise, ballot stencils (§ 66 al. 1) shall be produced. The official ballots and the ballot stencils may only be produced upon order of the provincial electoral authority.
(2) The size of the official ballot of the provincial constituency shall correspond to the total of list numbers to be taken into consideration in the provincial constituency, and to the number of regional campaigners of the party. The size shall at least correspond to the format DIN A3. For all party names the same size of rectangulars and print letters and for the abbreviations the biggest uniform print letters possible shall be used. In case the party name exceeds three lines the size of the print letters may be adapted to the available space. The word "list" shall be printed small; for the list numbers bigger uniform numbers can be used. The colour of all prints shall be exclusively black. The separation lines of the rectangulars and the circles shall be equally bold.
(3) The official ballots of the provincial constituency shall be delivered by the provincial electoral authority directly to the precinct electoral authorities in Vienna, to the community and precinct electoral authorities outside of Vienna through the channels of the district administrative authority and the communities, and in case of cities with self-government through their channels, according to the final figure of the electorate within the jurisdiction of the electoral authority plus an additional amount of 15%. A further amount of 5% shall be provided to the district administrative authorities for a possible further demand of the electoral authorities on the day of election. The official ballots of the provincial constituencies shall in each case be issued against a twofold confirmation of receipt; one copy is for the deliverer, the other copy is for the recipient.
(4) The costs of production for the official ballots and the ballot stencils (§ 66 al. 1) shall be borne by the Federation.
