Ballot Paper
1. To participate in the elections a voter (elector) shall receive a ballot paper that is a document of strict accounting, the level of protection of which shall be determined by the Central Election Commission. The number of ballots may not exceed the number of registered voters (electors) by more than 0.5 percent.
During production of ballot papers for election of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, deputies of Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic, either special paper (paper with watermarks or colored paper) or special ink shall be used.
2. The text of the ballot paper shall be approved by the respective election commissions not later than 20 calendar days before the election date. The text of the ballot should be placed only on its one side.
3. An election ballot shall contain in the alphabetic order full name, year of birth, main place of work or service (occupation) of each candidate and who nominated him/her.
4. To the right of the information on the candidates specified under Clause 3 of this Article a blank square shall be placed. At the end of the list of candidates, names of political parties, election blocs the following line shall read: “Against all candidates” with a blank squire placed to the right of it
5. Ballots shall be printed both in Kyrgyz and Russian not later than 10 calendar days before the voting day. Each ballot should contain an explanation on the order of its filling.
6. A ballot shall contain the name of the body, to which this election is held, and the number of the electoral district.
7. After the rejection of defective ballots, the printing house shall hand over the ballots to the members of the election commission, who ordered the production of ballots, under an act drawn up on that. After the election ballot papers have been transferred, the defective and redundant ballots shall be destroyed in the presence of not less than three election commission members, and invited representatives of candidates. An act on that shall be drawn up and signed by all present persons.
8. Election commissions shall transfer the ballots to subordinate election commissions, down to precinct election commissions inclusive, under an act. The chairpersons of election commissions shall bear responsibility for correct transfer of the ballot papers.
9. The transfer of ballots and seals to the respective election commissions shall be affected 10 calendar days before the election date, and to precinct election commissions 2-1 days before the voting day. The number of ballots transferred to a precinct election commission may not exceed the number of voters, included in the electoral register for the electoral precinct on the day when ballots are transferred, by more than 0.5 percent.
When the territorial district (rayon, city) electoral commission transfers the ballots to a precinct election commission under acts in presence of not less than half of the members of the election commissions, members of the superior election commissions and members of election commissions with advisory vote shall have the right to attend at this. On reception of the ballots, the members of the precinct election commission shall re-count the ballots on the precinct election commission premises in presence of the commission members with advisory vote. The chairperson and secretary of the precinct election commission shall sign the ballots and put a stamp an a an appropriate spot of the election ballot in the presence of not less than a half of the precinct election commission members and commission members with an advisory vote.
10. In case some candidates are withdrawn after the ballots are printed, on decision of territorial district election commissions, the precinct (district) election commissions shall cross out the data in the ballots about the relevant candidates. The crossing shall be done with a straight line drawn with only a ball pen along every printed line of data on the candidate. At that, the drawn line should go over the blank square opposite line of data on the candidate.
11. The premises, which contain special safe (or box) in where the ballots and the parcel containing the stamp of the precinct election commission are stored, shall be sealed up and given for guarding to the officials of the internal affairs ministry.
(In the edition of the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic issued on November 22nd 1999 year, No. 124, January 24th 2004 year, No. 7 )
Reference:
Provision on the order of production, issuance and storage of voter ballots for elections of Deputies to Jogorku kenesh and local keneshs of the Kyrgyz Republic (approved by CEC Decree issued on November 22nd 1999, #169)
