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Vote Counting

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan

VC004

Votes are sorted/counted at
Question:Following the close of the voting, where are the votes first sorted and counted?
Answer: a. The polling stations
Comments: Vote count during the elections of the President, members of the Mazhilis of the Parliament and maslikhats, akim, members of other local self-government bodies at all polling stations shall begin at 20:00 local time, if the voting time is not changed in this precinct in accordance with the procedure established by this Constitutional Act.
Source: Constitutional Law on Elections of the Republic of Kazakhstan as amended on June 29, 2018, art. 43: https://www.election.gov.kz/eng/election-legal-framework/the-laws-of-the-rk.php
Verified: 2024/10/22
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VC011

When are ballots recounted?
Question:Under what conditions are ballots recounted?
Answer(s): d. By request
f. Other
Comments: 7-1. A precinct election commission (territorial election commission during elections of deputies of the Senate and deputies of the Mazhilis of Parliament elected by the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan), at the request of a trustee in written form, recounts the votes only once in the period established by paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article. 9. In case of revealing by the corresponding superior election commission of mistakes, non-conformities in the protocols of precinct election commissions (of territorial election commissions - at elections of deputies of the Senate and deputies of the Mazhilis of the Parliament to be elected by the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan) as well as doubts of the correctness of the vote count, the given commission shall be eligible to take a decision to recount the votes by the corresponding precinct (territorial) election commission. The vote recount shall be conducted in presence of a member of the superior election commission as well as the applicants, who have presented the facts of the wrong vote count. The vote recount shall be conducted on the basis of the decision of the election commission and shall be carried out before an official publication of the election results.
Source: Constitutional Law on Elections of the Republic of Kazakhstan as amended on June 29, 2018, art. 43: https://www.election.gov.kz/eng/election-legal-framework/the-laws-of-the-rk.php
Verified: 2024/10/22
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