Key definitions used in the present Constitutional Law

The following definitions are used in the present Constitutional Law:

Campaign materials – printed, audiovisual, and other materials containing the features of pre-election campaign and intended for mass circulation and promulgation in the course of election campaign;

The right of citizens to vote – the right of the citizens to elect to the state authorities and local self-governance bodies;

Close relatives – spouses, parents, children, adoptive parents, adopted children, full blood and half blood siblings, grandfather, grandmother, grandchildren;

Guarantees for citizens’ electoral rights - organizational, legal, information and other means to ensure electoral rights of the Citizens;

Voter’s identity card – passport (ID card) of a Citizen or a regular passport of a Citizen;

Executive officer of a state power body or local government – a person performing the functions of a representative of authority or those of organizational management, administrative, control and supervision character in state bodies and local self-governments on a regular or temporary basis or by special authority;

Voters – citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic having active electoral right;

Election documents – voter lists; ballots - valid, invalid, not used (cancelled), wasted (filled with errors), as well as ballots issued to voters for early voting and for mobile voting; minutes of election commissions, their decisions on election-related issues, registration files of candidates and political parties, aggregated tables of election results;

Election Commissions – collegial bodies organizing preparation and conduct of elections in KR and ensuring realization and protection of the Citizens’ electoral rights;

Electoral legislation – a set of normative acts regulating election procedure in KR;

Electoral rights of citizens – the right of the Citizens to elect and be elected to the state bodies and local self-governments, as well as to participate in nomination of candidates, pre-election campaign, observation of election, performance of election commissions, including counting and tabulation of voting results, as well as other election activities;

Election Information Support – voters information and pre-election campaign in order to ensure conscious choice of the citizens, transparency of elections;

Voting address – the address of a voter where he/she is willing to vote, defined pursuant to the procedure established by this Constitutional Law, which is not his/her permanent residency address;

Candidate – an individual nominated for the post of the Presidentl or Jogorku Kenesh deputy according to the procedure specified by this Constitutional Law;

International observer – an individual representing a foreign or international organization, that acquires the right to observe preparation and conduct of elections in KR pursuant to procedure established by the legislation;

Observer –an individual, designated by a candidate, a political party having submitted the list of candidates or by a non-profit organization (NGO) to carry out observation of voting, counting votes and tabulation of results pursuant to procedure established by the legislation;

Passive electoral right of citizens – the right of the Citizens to be elected to the state bodies and local self-governments;

Permanent residence – residence of a citizen in the territory of KR that was certified in the appropriate document by the registration mark of the registration body;

Law enforcement agencies – agencies on internal affairs, national security, financial police, prosecutor office, customs service, and drug control agency;

Election campaign – activity of the Citizens, candidates, authorized representatives and proxies of candidates and political parties with regard to preparation and dissemination of information during elections with the aim of encouraging or encouraging voters to vote for some candidates (list of candidates) or against them;

Representative of a candidate or political party – a representative in election commissions, an authorized representative, proxy, or observer representing a candidate or political party that had nominated a list of candidates;

Voter list – a list of the Citizens possessing active electoral right as of election day; compiled in electronic and hard (paper) forms;

List of early voters – repealed as of 23/04/2015;

List of candidates – a single list of candidates nominated by political parties and registered by an election commission;

Added as of as of 23/04/2015:

Operator –a specialist of the State Registry Service, providing technical support at a polling station during election day;

Automatic scanning ballot box – a device for automatic counting the votes;

Stationary ballot box – a transparent ballot box;

Ballot boxes - Automatic scanning and Stationary ballot boxes;

Mobile ballot box – a ballot box, designed for mobile voting;

Failure – lack of functioning of an Automatic scanning ballot box.