The printing arm of the El Siglo newspaper, Editorial Golfo, was awarded the contract for the printing of the electoral ballot papers. It successfully bid RD$786,000 for the job which involves printing 4,250,000 voting slips. The company will also be responsible for printing the ballots for the second round, if necessary. The candidates will appear in the ballot in the order of votes received in the past election, or the date they were recognized by the electoral court. The Partido Reformista Social Cristiano (PRSC) will be first, followed by the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD), the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD), Unidad Democrática (UD), Partido Popular Cristiano (PPC), Partido Quisqueyano Demócrata (PQD), Bloque Institucional Socialdemócrata (BIS), Partido Demócrata Institucional (PDI), Partido del Pueblo Dominicao (PPD), Partido Nacional de Veteranos y Civiles (PNVC), Concertación Democrática (CD) and Alianza Social Dominicana (ASD).