The committee will also investigate what a transition to joint or neutral ballots would mean.
Ahead of this year's election, 744 million ballots were printed, according to the Election Authority. At the same time, several incident reports show that ballots were stolen or moved, and that there were long lines when voters were supposed to pick up ballots before voting.
In an interim report, the Ballot Committee says that the number of ballots could be more than halved if the ballot that contains only the party name and party symbol were removed, leaving a ballot with the candidate's name and a completely blank ballot.
The committee will now investigate the pros and cons of two main alternatives: joint ballots, where the voter marks their choice, and neutral ballots, where the voter enters a candidate number themselves.
The parliamentary parties are more positive about joint ballots than about neutral ballots. The investigation is due to be completed in full in August next year.
