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What are the characteristics of ballots used at presidential elections?


Answers # Countries % Countries Country List
total countries/territories: 117
a. Single ballot (all registered parties/candidates listed) 43 36.7% Armenia, American Samoa, Austria, Benin, Bolivia, Belarus, Côte d'Ivoire, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cape Verde, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, Guyana, Croatia, Iceland, Kiribati, Korea, Republic of, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Seychelles, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, El Salvador, Turkey, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Ukraine, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Zanzibar,
b. Multi-ballot (each party has own ballot, voter picks one ballot and places in envelope) 17 14.5% Argentina, Bulgaria, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Djibouti, Algeria, France, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Réunion, Sudan, Tunisia, Uruguay, Wallis and Futuna,
c. Write-in ballot 7 5.9% Benin, Brazil, Finland, Croatia, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Kazakhstan, Somalia,
d. Categorical (only possible to make one mark) 30 25.6% Armenia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Belarus, Costa Rica, Cape Verde, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, Guyana, Croatia, Kenya, Korea, Republic of, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Maldives, Pakistan, Paraguay, Romania, Russian Federation, Seychelles, Sudan, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sierra Leone, El Salvador, Ukraine, Zanzibar,
e. Ability to vote for candidates within parties (personal vote) 7 5.9% France, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Kiribati, Martinique, Réunion, Zanzibar,
f. Same ballot papers used nation-wide 41 35.0% Austria, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cape Verde, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, French Guiana, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Croatia, Ireland, Iceland, Kenya, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Martinique, Maldives, Philippines, Pakistan, Paraguay, Réunion, Russian Federation, Seychelles, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, El Salvador, Turkey, Ukraine, Zanzibar,
g. Different ballot used in different constituencies 5 4.2% Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Korea, Republic of, Romania, Uruguay,
h. Party symbols in color 15 12.8% Argentina, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, Kenya, Paraguay, Romania, Sudan, Slovenia, Sierra Leone, El Salvador, Yemen,
i. Party symbols in black or white 6 5.1% Guyana, Sri Lanka, Somalia, Turkey, Yemen, Zanzibar,
j. Candidate photos in color 13 11.1% Argentina, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cape Verde, Ecuador, Ghana, Ireland, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe,
k. Candidate photos in black and white 2 1.7% Paraguay, Zanzibar,
l. No photos or logos, only party and/or candidate names 17 14.5% Armenia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, France, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Korea, Republic of, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Martinique, Maldives, Pakistan, Réunion, Ukraine,
m. Organized alphabetically 17 14.5% Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Guyana, Ireland, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, Republic of, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Sierra Leone, Ukraine, Zimbabwe, Zanzibar,
n. Random listing (lottery) 13 11.1% Bosnia and Herzegovina, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cape Verde, Ghana, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Slovenia, El Salvador, Turkey,
o. Ballots signed or otherwise authenticated by polling station officials 16 13.6% Armenia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Djibouti, Finland, Guyana, Korea, Republic of, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Sierra Leone, El Salvador, Ukraine,
p. Bilingual 5 4.2% Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Georgia, Ireland, Kazakhstan,
q. Multilingual 4 3.4% Sri Lanka, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Russian Federation, Slovenia,
r. Other 12 10.2% Argentina, Brazil, Belarus, Ecuador, Micronesia, Federated States of, Kiribati, Moldova, Republic of, Russian Federation, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Ukraine, Vanuatu,
s. Not Applicable 44 37.6% Albania, Australia, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bahrain, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Dominica, Eritrea, Spain, Fiji, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Hungary, India, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Morocco, Monaco, Marshall Islands, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Niue, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Sweden, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Viet Nam, Samoa,


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