# The Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 2001, Paragraph 2: Directions as to printing the ballot paper


The following arrangements shall be observed in the printing of the front of the ballot paper—
(a) apart from the instructions “Mark order of preference in space below ” in the top left-hand corner no other word or words shall be printed on the ballot paper except the particulars of the candidates and words forming part of emblems;
(b) no rules shall be printed on the face except the horizontal lines separating the headings from the particulars of the candidates and the particulars of the candidates from one another and the vertical rule separating those particulars and emblems from the spaces on the left side of the paper where the order of preference is to be marked;
(c) the whole space between the top and the bottom of the paper shall be equally divided between the candidates by the rules separating their particulars.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2599/schedule/1/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-assembly-elections-order-2001/schedule-1/paragraph-2
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