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Article 12
 

Authorities of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan


The Central Election Commission shall:


1) implement in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan control over implementation of election legislation; ensure its uniform application; within the limits of its authority take the decisions to be mandatory for implementation in the entire territory of the Republic;


2) organize preparation for and conduct of elections of the President and deputies of the Mazhilis of Parliament; administer organization and conduct of elections of deputies of the Senate of Parliament;


2-1) consider the issue on the admission of political parties to the participation in elections of deputies of the Mazhilis of Parliament to be elected on the basis of the party lists;


3) (The sub-clause is excluded by the Constitutional Act of RK of 19 June 2007 No. 268-III).


3-1) (The sub-clause is excluded by the Constitutional Act of RK of 14 April 2004 No. 545-II).


4) Draft and submit to the Government of the Republic an estimate of expenditures on the conduct of electoral campaign;


5) administer the management over election commissions at elections of the President, deputies of the Parliament; cancel and suspend their decisions; distribute among them the fund  from the republican budget allocated for the conduct of electoral campaigns; control creation of the required material and technical conditions for the activities of election commissions; consider applications and appeals related to decisions and actions (inactivity) of the territorial and district election commissions; organize an explanation of the election legislation; conduct workshops with  representatives of political parties and other participants in the electoral process on organization and conduct of elections; implement international cooperation in the area of electoral systems;


6) establish the form and text of the ballot paper at elections of the President, the form of the ballot paper at elections of deputies to the Parliament, maslikhats and members of other local selfgovernment bodies, the order of their production as well as the degree of security, the forms of the voter (elector) registers, the subscription lists for the collection of voters’ signatures to support the candidates to President and collection of electors’ signatures to support the candidates to the Senate deputies, other election documents, the form of ballot-boxes made of transparent material and samples of seals of the election commissions, the order of storage of election documents; ensure production of ballot papers at elections of the President and deputies of the Parliament and maslikhats;


6-1) organize the production, determine the procedure for issuing and recording absentee voter certificates;


7) shall be eligible to hear to the reports of the state bodies and organizations on the issues related to preparation and conduct of elections as well as the information of public associations on the issues of observance of the election legislation;


8) Register candidates to President of the Republic, grant them with the corresponding certificates, publish the communication on registration of candidates in mass media;


9) inform voters about the electoral campaign at elections of the President and deputies to the Parliament, periodically issue information bulletins;


10) sum up the election results of the President and deputies of the Parliament in the Republic as a whole, register the elected President and Parliament deputies, publish relevant communication in mass media;


11) appoint and organize conduct of the rerun of a vote and a re-run of election of the President;


12) appoint a re-run of election of the Parliament deputies;


13) appoint a by-election of the Parliament deputies;


14) appoint the regular and early elections to maslikhats;


15) during organization and conduct of elections of maslikhats and other local selfgovernment bodies ensure methodological guidance for the territorial election commissions and as well as supervision of their activities on the compliance with the provisions and requirements of this Constitutional Act. In the case of revealing the infringements of this Constitutional Act appeal to the body that forms the election commission or to the court with an application to cease the activity of the corresponding election commission;


16) according to the number of the population of the administrative-territorial units determine the number of the maslikhat deputies to be elected by them;


16-1) place on the official website (Internet- resource) of the Central Election Commission the legal acts on the election legislation, information on the appointment and conduct elections as well as on the results of vote count at the elections;


16-2) conduct a single electronic register of citizens – the voters of the Republic of Kazakhstan;


16-3) during conduct of elections with the use of electronic electoral system conduct training of members of the corresponding election commissions on their application;


16-4) through mass media organize training for the population on the use of the electronic electoral system at elections;


17) exercise other authorities in compliance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.