Observers of political parties, other public associations, nonprofit organizations of the Republic of Kazakhstan

1. The authorities of an observer of political parties, other public associations, nonprofit organizations must be certified in written form with indication of his/her surname and given names.

This document shall be certified by a seal of the organization that sent an observer and shall be valid upon submission of a document, confirming the observer’s identity. The documents shall be submitted to the chairperson of an election commission or to the person, who substitutes him/her, for the purposes of registration of an observer in the registry.

2. The observers of political parties, other public associations, nonprofit organizations of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be eligible to:

1) be present at meeting of the election commission;

2) receive information on the number of voters, who have taken part in voting, including voting outside of premises of polling stations;

3) be present in a polling station of the corresponding electoral district during voting and vote count;

4) accompany portable ballot-boxes, including being in the vehicle transporting them;

5) observe the voting, procedures of vote count and tabulation of voting results at a polling station in the conditions enabling good observation of all above mentioned procedures;

6) appeal against decisions, actions (inaction) of a respective election commission and/or of its members to a superior election commission or a court;

7) attend the conduct of voting outside of the polling station in the case if voters are unable to visit the polling stations;

8) attend the vote count and cancellation by members of the precinct election commission of unused ballot papers;

9) take photo, audio and video records without intervening with the course of voting and summing up its results;

10) observe the procedure of transfer of protocols on voting results to the superior election commissions;

11) be acquainted with protocols of an election commission on voting results and obtain their certified copies after completion of the voting;

12) draw attention of election commission’s members to the violation of the requirements of this Constitutional Act, hand over to them the relevant written applications, reports on irregularities and receive notes of their receipt. Upon receipt of an application from proxies or observers the chairperson of election commission or the person substituting him/her shall be obliged to attach to the protocol on vote count the notes made by them.

3. The observers of political parties, other public associations, nonprofit organizations of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall:

1) carry documents, certifying their identity and authority;

2) not interfere with the electoral process, the procedures for vote count and decisionmaking by the election commission;

3) not take any actions interfering with the activities of the election commission;

4) fulfill the requirements of the election commission’s chairperson regarding the rules of conduct in a polling station as established by the corresponding election commission;

5) base their comments on the documented, true and verifiable facts;

6) respect the requirements of this Constitutional Act and other legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

7) be impartial, not to express preference in respect of a specific candidate or a political party.

4. In case of the breach of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan by international observers a corresponding election commission shall be eligible to cancel the registration of this observer.