Universal suffrage

1. Universal active suffrage shall be the right of citizens of the Republic to take part in the voting at elections upon reaching the age of eighteen years irrespectively of his/her birth, origin, social, official and property status, sex, race, ethnic origin, language, relation to religion, belief and faith, place of residence or any other circumstances.

2. Eligibility to be elected as a President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a deputy of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, maslikhat or a member of other local self-government body shall be the right of citizens of the Republic.

3. The citizens, who have been recognized by a court as legally incapable, including those who kept in places of confinement under the court’s sentence, shall not take part in elections.

4.

1) A person with a prior conviction, which has not been cancelled or withdrawn in the order established by law;

2) a person, who has been found guilty of committing corruption crime or offense by the court in the order established by law, shall not be a candidate to President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, deputies of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, including by the party lists, maslikhats as well as a candidate to members of other local self-government bodies.