1. Universal active suffrage shall be the right of citizens of the Republic to take part in the voting at elections upon reaching the age of eighteen years irrespectively of his/her birth, origin, social, official and property status, sex, race, ethnic origin, language, relation to religion, belief and faith, place of residence or any other circumstances. 2. Passive suffrage is the right of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan to be elected as the President, deputy of Parliament, maslikhat, akim or a member of another local self-government body. 3. The citizens, who have been recognized by a court as legally incapable, including those who kept in places of confinement under the court’s sentence, shall not take part in elections. 4. The following persons may not be candidates for the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, deputies of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, maslikhats, akims, as well as a candidate for membership in another local government body: 1) a person with a prior conviction, which has not been cancelled or withdrawn in the order established by law; 2) a person, who has been found guilty of committing corruption crime or offense by the court in the order established by law. Footnote. Article 4 as amended by the Constitutional Laws of RK dated May 8, 1998 № 222-I; May 6, 1999 № 375- I; April 14, 2004 № 545-II; April 15, 2005 № 44-III; June 19, 2007 № 268-III, February 9, 2009 № 124-IV; dated 24.05.2021 № 41-VII (shall be enforced upon the expiration of ten calendar days after the day of its first official publication); dated 05.11.2022 № 156-VII (shall come into effect from 01.01.2023).
§ KZ Election Law Art. 4Universal suffrage
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