The ballot paper shall contain the exact wording of the question (draft decision) offered for the referendum and shall specify the voting options by the words "for" and "against".
In the event of several questions being offered for the referendum, these questions shall be included into the same ballot paper and numbered in the successive order. Any alternative draft resolutions (draft laws) proposed for the same question, or the options proposed for any item of the draft resolution (draft law) shall be also numbered in the successive order.
In the event of a draft law being offered for the referendum, the Central Commission may take a decision to publish the text of the draft law offered for the referendum and the current law, which is proposed to be revoked, amended or appended, in the press. The above texts should also be kept in the room of each polling station for the public notice.
In the event of a republican referendum and a local referendum being held simultaneously, the ballot papers used in each of these referendums shall differ in colour or bear some other distinctive mark.
The ballot papers shall be printed in the Belarusian and Russian languages.
A ballot paper shall contain an explanation of the filing-in procedure.
The reverse side of a ballot paper shall bear the signatures of at least two members of the precinct commission on referendum.
The precinct commission shall be provided with ballot papers not later than seven days before the referendum.
