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In case of elections of Mazhilis and Maslikhats Deputies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, voting is done in dedicated premises equipped in accordance with the requirements of the Constitutional Law ‘On the Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan’ (hereinafter referred to as Election Law).
On the ballot day local election commissions open polling stations one hour prior to the start of voting.
In case of elections of Mazhilis and maslikhats deputies, voting is held on the election day from 7 am to 8 p.m., local time.
Following a recommendation of the corresponding Akim and divisional election commissions, territorial or district election commissions may choose other timing for start and end of voting. However, voting may not begin before 6 a.m. and end after 10 p.m. Voters are informed about the decision of the territorial or district commissions to change the time for the start and end of voting no later than seven days prior to the ballot day.
A local election commission notifies its voters through mass media, as well as through other means, about the time and place of voting no later than ten days prior to the voting.
In polling stations formed on ships belonging to the Republic of Kazakhstan, which on the election day are at sea, as well as in military units, remote and hard-to-reach areas, distant cattle grazing pastures, rest houses, health resorts, hospitals, investigatory isolators and temporary detention facilities and in representative offices and agencies of the Republic of Kazakhstan in foreign states, a local election commission may declare the voting completed at any time if all voters on the voter list have voted. A list of such polling stations is approved by the corresponding election commission no later than seven days prior to elections.
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