RESOLUTION OF CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

of June 25, 2007 No. 90/178

About approval of Rules of implementation of election propaganda through mass media, online platforms and information support of presidential elections, deputies of Parliament, maslikhats, the akim, and also members of other local government bodies

According to Articles 12,  "About elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan" the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan DECIDES: 27 and 28 Constitutional laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan of September 28, 1995

1. Approve the enclosed Rules of implementation of election propaganda through mass media, online platforms and information support of presidential elections, deputies of Parliament, maslikhats, the akim, and also members of other local government bodies.

2. Declare invalid the resolution of Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan of August 11, 2004 No. 124/158 "About approval of Rules of implementation of election propaganda through mass media and information support of elections of deputies of the Majilis of Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (it is registered in the Register of state registration of regulatory legal acts for No. 3016).

3. Send this resolution regional, the cities of Astana and Almaty to the electoral commissions for management.

4. This resolution becomes effective from the date of its first official publication.

Approved by the Resolution of Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan of June 25, 2007 N 90/178

Rules of implementation of election propaganda through mass media, online platforms and information support of presidential elections, deputies of Parliament, maslikhats, the akim, and also members of other local government bodies

Chapter 1. General provisions

1. These rules are developed according to the Constitutional law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "About elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan" (further - the Constitutional law), the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "About mass media", the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "About informatization" and determine procedure of election propaganda, information support of the election campaign by election of the president of the Republic of Kazakhstan, deputies of Parliament, maslikhats, akims and members of other local government bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2. In Rules the following concepts are used:

mass media - the periodic printing edition, TV, radio channel, film documentary, audiovisual record and other form of periodic or continuous public distribution of mass information, including Internet resources;

information support of elections - package of measures, the voters directed to operational and broad informing on the course of preparation and holding the election campaign, except for election propaganda;

election propaganda - the activities aiming to induce voters to take part in vote for or against this or that candidate, political party;

performance - the personal address of candidates, authorized representatives of the political parties and public associations which pushed respectively party lists and candidates, and also authorized representatives to voters with statement of the election programme;

election debates - public exchange of opinions of two and more candidates for president, the political parties which pushed party candidate lists in deputies of the Majilis, maslikhat, candidates for akims on various socially significant questions including concerning their election programmes;

online platform - the Internet resource and (or) service of instant messaging intended for distribution of information by the user by means of the personal page created by it by placement, acceptance and (or) transfer of signs and (or) signals, and (or) voice information, and (or) the written text, and (or) the image, and (or) sounds, and (or) messages to specifically certain or uncertain group of people, except for Internet resource and (or) the service of instant messaging intended for provision of financial services and electronic commerce.

Chapter 2. Procedure of election propaganda through mass media, online platforms

3. The state guarantees to citizens, public associations the right of free election propaganda for or against this or that candidate, political party.

Election propaganda begins with the moment of the termination of term of registration of candidates for president, deputies of the Senate of Parliament (further - the Senate), party lists of the political parties which proposed candidates of the Majilis of Parliament (further - the Majilis), maslikhat, candidates on single-candidate territorial constituencies for deputies of the Majilis of Parliament and maslikhats, and also candidates for akims, members of other local government bodies and comes to an end in zero hours local time the day preceding the election day. When carrying out repeated vote election propaganda begins from the date of appointment of the day of repeated vote and comes to an end in zero hours local time the day preceding the election day.

Equal conditions of access to funds of mass information for carrying out election propaganda are guaranteed to candidates and the political parties which pushed party lists.

Authorized representatives can carry out election propaganda.

4. From the moment of the beginning of election propaganda all information propagandizing the purposes and tasks of the candidate for president, deputies of the Senate, the political party which pushed party candidate lists in deputies of the Majilis, maslikhat, candidates on single-candidate territorial constituencies for deputies of the Majilis of Parliament and maslikhats and also the alternate member of other local government bodies, except for news and analytical programs shall be paid from the election fund of candidates or political parties, or the election fund of alternate members of other local government bodies.

Free distribution of the printed materials which except for are specially made for the election campaign is not allowed.

5. Election propaganda activities for release (broadcast) of materials of the mass media, and also distribution of information by the user containing are recognized mass media, online platforms:

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