Officials at the polling station must give each voter three ballots. A ballot for the election of Mayor, a ballot for the election of Members of the Municipal Council and a ballot for the election of Members of the School Board, on which are written the names of all candidates nominated for election to Mayor, Members of the Municipal Council and Members of the School Ephorate of the relevant Municipality.
The names of the candidate Members of the Municipal Council and Members of the School Ephorate of each party combination or combination of independents, are in a separate numbered column on the ballot paper.
In order for the ballots to be valid, they must have an official stamp on the outside.
The voter, after receiving the ballots, will retire to the special ballot box, which is located for this purpose at the polling station. There, he will open the ballot papers and secretly mark, with a beer pen, blue or black, the appropriate point "X" or "+" or "√" in the square below the name of the candidate for Mayor and under the column of the combination of his election, for the election of Members of the Municipal Council and the election of Members of the School Ephorate, depending on his preference.
In case the voter chooses to vote for a Party Combination or a Combination of Independents, for the election of Municipal Council Members and the election of School Board Members he can simultaneously express his preference to a candidate or some candidates of this Combination, noting in the small boxes are next to the name of each candidate, a cross of preference. The preference crosses should not be more than those provided by the relevant Laws, for each Municipality separately. The voter should keep in mind that the preference cross is not mandatory. He should also be aware that he should not mark more preference crosses than those provided by the Law for each Municipality, because, in such a case, no preference cross will be valid and will not be taken into account when counting the votes.
It should be noted that a voter voting for a party or independent coalition is not eligible to vote for a second party or independent coalition or an independent candidate. If the voter votes for more than one party or independent, or if he / she votes for more than one candidate for Mayor, his / her ballots will be invalid and will not be taken into account during the counting of votes.
If the voter forms on the ballot paper any other point or number by which his / her identity can later be identified, then these ballot papers will be invalid and will not be taken into account when counting the votes.
If the voter carelessly destroys his / her ballots, he / she can return them to the polling station chairman, who, if convinced that it is really a mistake or carelessness, will give him / her other ballots so that he / she can vote properly.
The voter, after folding his / her ballots and leaving the special ballot box, will have to go to the polls to cast all three ballots in the presence of the person in charge of the election.
Every voter should know that he is entitled to vote only once. He should also be aware that voting is mandatory. Voters who unjustifiably fail to exercise their right to vote are guilty of a criminal offense.
Who votes twice:
Refugee voters from the nine occupied and four semi-occupied municipalities have the right to vote both for the municipality or community where they are temporarily located in the free zones and for the municipality of their displacement. Source: Ministry of Interior