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Voting Operations
VO003
Electors vote at
Question: Where can electors vote?
Answer(s):
a . At a specified polling station in the locality where they are registered at national elections c . At any polling station in the same country d . At specially designated polling stations e . At mobile polling stations j . Other
Comments: 5. If the voter becomes aware not later than thirty days before the election that he / she will not be able to arrive at the polling station at the place of his / her registration on the Election Day, he / she has the right to apply to the local executive body at the place of his / her stay with a written application for inclusion in the relevant voter list.
At the address of the citizen according to this point the local executive body will organize the exception of the citizen from the list of voters in the place of registration and its inclusion in the list of voters of that site on which the citizen will vote.
6. Students in secondary special and higher educational institutions, as well as in vocational training programs of postgraduate full - time education, living in hostels, are included in the list of voters at the location of the hostel.
7. The registers of voters, who are military servicemen in the military units as well as members of their families and other voters living in the locations of military units, shall be compiled on the basis of the data submitted by commanders of the military units.
8. The voter registers by polling stations to be formed in the rest houses, health resorts, medico-prophylactic institutions, in the places of the citizens’ stay in the remote and hard-to-reach areas, in the distant pastures, in the investigative wards and detention centers as well as in the representative offices and agencies of the Republic of Kazakhstan in foreign states, on board of ships belonging to the Republic of Kazakhstan that on the day of elections are in navigation shall be compiled on the basis of the data submitted by the chiefs of the named establishments, corresponding akims, chiefs of the named representative offices and agencies and captains of ships.
The voter registers by polling stations to be formed in the places for temporary stay (rest homes, health resorts, medico-prophylactic institutions, in the outruns, in investigative wards and detention centers, including the representative offices of the Republic of Kazakhstan а abroad, on board the ships belonging to the Republic that are in navigation on the Election Day) shall be subject to mandatory adjustment on the day preceding the Election Day.
(Art. 24).
6. If some voters cannot come to the polling station due to their state of health, by the reasons of nursing after an ill member of their family, including the voters living in the remote and hard-to-reach areas where no polling stations have been formed, the precinct election commission shall organize voting in the place of stay of such voter on the basis of their written applications to be submitted not later than at 12:00 am of the local time on the Election Day.
Upon a receipt of the application mentioned in this clause, the chairperson of the election commission shall make a corresponding mark in the voter register against the surname of the voter who has submitted an application.
During organization of voting outside the premise of polling station two members of the election commission shall accompany the portable ballot-box.
6-1. When a voter changes the place of his/her stay within the period between submission of the voter register for public formalization and the day of election, the precinct election commission shall issue for this voter an absentee vote certificate that shall confirm his/her right to vote on the basis of the voter’s request and upon submission of a document identifying the voter. In this case an appropriate mark shall be made in the voter register. When a voter submits his/her absentee vote certificate on the Election Day, the precinct election commission shall include the voter in the voter register of the electoral precinct where the voter resides.
(Art 41.).
Source: Constitutional Law on Elections of the Republic of Kazakhstan as amended on June 29, 2018, art. 23: https://www.election.gov.kz/eng/election-legal-framework/the-laws-of-the-rk.php
Verified: 2024/10/24
VO004
Voting outside the country is permitted for
Question: Who can vote from outside the country?
Answer(s):
b . Citizens residing outside the country c . Citizens outside the country (including those on vacation) d . Members of the armed forces e . Students f . Diplomatic staff
Comments: 1. The voter registers shall include:
5) at the polling stations formed in the representative offices of Republic in foreign states – all citizens who live or are in continuous business trip in the corresponding foreign state and who have valid passports of the Republic’s citizens. The citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan arriving in foreign states by private invitations, to business and tourist trips shall be enrolled in the voter register upon their application to the precinct election commission and submission of a valid passport of the citizen of the Republic.
7. The registers of voters, who are military servicemen in the military units as well as members of their families and other voters living in the locations of military units, shall be compiled on the basis of the data submitted by commanders of the military units. (Constitutional Law on Elections in the RK, Art. 24,7)
Source: Constitutional Law on Elections of the Republic of Kazakhstan as amended on June 29, 2018, art. 23: https://www.election.gov.kz/eng/election-legal-framework/the-laws-of-the-rk.php
Verified: 2024/10/24
VO005
Locations for voting outside of the country
Question: If voting outside the country is permitted, at what places?
Answer(s):
a . Embassies b . Consulates
Comments: At the representative offices of the Republic of Kazakhstan in foreign states, polling stations shall be created related to the electoral district on which territory the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic is located
Source: Constitutional Law on Elections of the Republic of Kazakhstan as amended on June 29, 2018, art. 23: https://www.election.gov.kz/eng/election-legal-framework/the-laws-of-the-rk.php
Verified: 2024/10/24
VO011
Voting method
Question: How do electors cast their votes?
Answer(s):
a . Manually marking of ballots d . Electronic voting machine g . Other
Comments: 1. Ballots shall be filled in by voters in a polling booth. While filling in the ballots, the presence of anybody in the polling booth, except the voter, shall be forbidden. The voter (elector) who cannot independently fill in a ballot shall be eligible to be assisted by a person to whom he/she trusts.
2. The voter (elector) shall put any mark in an empty space to the right of the surname of the candidate for whom he/she votes.
In the ballot with the names of political parties the voter shall put any mark in an empty space to the right of the name of the political party for which he/she votes.
3. At election of members of other than maslikhats local self-government bodies the voter shall put a mark in an empty space to the right of the surnames of those candidates for whom he/she votes.
(Art. 42).
1.When elections are held using the digital electoral system, voting shall be carried out with a digital ballot created by means of digital electoral system. (Art. 50-4).
Source: Constitutional Law on Elections of the Republic of Kazakhstan as amended on June 29, 2018, art. 42, 50-4: https://www.election.gov.kz/eng/election-legal-framework/the-laws-of-the-rk.php
Verified: 2024/10/24
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