CEC has adopted a number of important resolutions

On 21 November 2011 the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Republic of Kazakhstan adopted a number of important resolutions concerning organization of election campaign for the election of deputies of the Mazhilis and Maslikhats of Kazakhstan.
Instruction on the order and conditions for registration of proxies as well as instruction on the order of sealing of ballot boxes were approved.

Basically the documents are technical in nature and are needed to clarify the order for application of electoral procedures by election commissions. Instruction on the order and conditions for registration of proxies specifies the persons, who cannot be registered as proxies of political parties and candidates. They include persons, who are not citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, members of election commissions, and political civil servants.

In addition, the CEC has defined that representatives of foreigh media at early election of deputies of the Mazhilis and regular election of maslikhat deputies shall be eligible to observe election in case of representation of accreditation card, issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan. At the same time, one translator, who must have an identification document, can accompany an international election observer and a representative of foreign media.

At the briefing, which was held after the CEC sitting, the head of CEC noted that at the next election, voters will receive three different ballot-papers.
1)  to vote for political party at election of the deputies of the Mazhilis
2)  to vote for candidate to deputies of oblast maslikhat
3)  to vote for candidate to deputies of district or city maslikhat
Residents of Astana and Almaty will receive two ballot-papers, as there are no district maslikhat in these cities, voters will need to cast their vote for political party and to elect deputies of city maslikhat.

Now effort of the CEC are directed on conduct of necessary preparatory events, organization of efficient informational support of the forthcoming election as well as on training of election organizers, for whom in addition to republican seminar-meeting a number of regional sectional seminars will be organized.