CEC Chairman Nurlan Abdirov visited Kyzylorda region

Today, Chairman of the Central Election Commission Nurlan Abdirov continued inspection trips to the regions in the framework of preparing and holding elections to the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan and maslikhats in Kyzylorda region.

The Chairman of the CEC held a multilateral seminar-meeting with the participation of members of the territorial election commission and heads of state bodies.

The secretary of the Central Election Commission Mukhtar Yerman and responsible members of the CEC administration also took part in the working trip.

The meeting was attended by heads of law enforcement agencies, heads of sectoral departments and departments, members of the territorial election commission, representatives of the campaign headquarters of candidates, members of the long-term OSCE/ODIHR election observation mission Veronica Kuralt (Slovenia) and Roman David Magri (Switzerland) and representatives of the media.

In his opening speech, Nurlan Abdirov noted the importance and specifics of the upcoming election campaign and dwelled on the changes made to the election law. He also spoke about the main results of the nomination and registration of lists of political parties and single-seat candidates.

At the meeting, the head of the administration of the region akim, the head of the department of the prosecutor's office, the police, the head of the department of employment and social programs and the chairman of the Territorial Election Commission spoke about the measures taken to form voter lists, organize elections, including logistics, ensure accessibility of polling stations for citizens with disabilities, timely delivery of ballots to polling stations, etc.

Nurlan Mazhitovich stressed that on voting day it is imperative to know the rules of conduct at polling stations and familiarize participants in the electoral process with them, including the media and observers, proxies of candidates, with the content of these rules.

During the meeting, Shakhmardan Baimanov, head of the office of the region akim, noted that 486,002 citizens were included in the voter list in the region, and the saylau.orda.gov.kz online platform was launched for voters. At the same time, 466 places were allocated for placement of campaigning materials for candidates in the region, 268 places for campaigning and printed materials and 169 places for meetings with voters.

The service "Check yourself in the list of voters" and platforms saylau.orda.gov.kz are connected.

In the service, each citizen can see online on the map information about the registered polling station and at what address this polling station is located with the introduction of an individual identification number (IIN). That is, information was entered on territorial, district and precinct election commissions and registered candidates.

A telegram bot (sailau_kzoBot) and the Smart Qyzylorda mobile application work for voters.

The head of the regional department of employment and social programs, Gabit Zhanabaev, noted that all conditions have been created for citizens with disabilities, 34 invataxi service their transportation on election day, and 42 online sign language interpreters work in the region on election day.

According to the chairman of the territorial election commission of Kyzylorda region Adilbek Yersultanov, there are 516 election commissions in the region. In total, 3382 members of the commission are involved in them.

In Kyzylorda region, 522 candidates were registered in single-seat territorial constituencies. On the basis of their own application, the candidacies of 5 citizens were withdrawn from the party list, and 1 candidate was rejected as not meeting the requirements. There are currently 516 registered candidates. Of these: 10 candidates for the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 49 candidates for the regional maslikhat, 81 candidates for city maslikhats, 311 candidates for district maslikhats.

65 candidates from 6 parties were registered in the regional maslikhat according to the party list. ("AMANAT" - 34, "Ak Zhol" - 13, "Auyl" - 4, "KHP" - 4, Baitak - 3, "Respublika" - 7 citizens).

At the meeting, Adilbek Yersultanov noted that an average of 3.3 people were registered for one mandate. The greatest competition in 6 districts falls on Kyzylorda city and Aral, Zhanakorgan districts - 5 people each.

Of the registered candidates, 433 are men and 83 are women. The youngest candidate is 21 years old, the oldest is 66 years old.

At the end of the meeting, the CEC chairman called on all participants in the electoral process in the region to hold open and fair elections in accordance with the requirements of the law.

Then the chairman of the CEC saw a business game at a practical seminar for members of territorial and precinct election commissions.

 

The business game was attended by students of the main educational institution of the region of the Korkyt Ata University, studying in the specialty "jurisprudence", showed practical games about the features of the electoral process, the voting procedure. This, in turn, will create a culture of youth voting in elections.