§ KZ Election Law Art. 14Authorities of the territorial election commission

The corresponding territorial election commission shall:
1) supervise implementation of election legislation in the territory of an administrative- territorial unit;
2) ensure the preparation and conduct of elections of the President, deputies of the Parliament and maslikhats, akim, and members of other local self-government bodies;
2-1) register proxies of candidates to President, political parties, which have nominated their party lists, and issue corresponding certificates to them;
2-2) register the application of the initiator for the recall of deputies elected in single-mandate territorial constituencies;
2-3) appoint elections of deputies of maslikhats in constituencies instead of those who left;
3) manage the activities of lower territorial, district and precinct election commissions; cancel and suspend their decisions; distribute among them the funds of the republican and local budgets allocated for the conduct of the election campaign; submit budget applications for the election campaign; control the creation of the necessary material and technical conditions for the activities of district and precinct election commissions; consider applications and complaints against decisions and actions (inaction) of district and precinct election commissions; organize the implementation of decisions of the Central Election Commission by all election commissions formed within the respective administrative-territorial unit;
3-1) receive protocols on registration of candidates for deputies of the respective maslikhat from the district election commissions and ensure that the lists of registered candidates are published by the district election commissions;
4) be eligible to hear to the reports of the election commissions, the state bodies and organizations on the issues related to preparation and conduct of elections as well as the reports of the public associations on the issues related to the implementation of the election legislation;
4-1) control the relevance and accuracy of information about voters and the boundaries of polling stations, the timeliness and accuracy of the voter lists for voting and their submission for public review;
5) ensure conduct of elections of the Senate deputies; register the candidates to the Senate deputies, their proxies, issue the corresponding certificates to them; publish in the mass media the communication on registration of candidates; prepare polling stations, ensure manufacturing of the polling booths and ballot-boxes; sum up the voting results at elections of the Senate deputies and submit the protocols with the summary of the voting results to the Central Election Commission for registration of the Senate deputies;
6) form constituencies for the election of deputies of maslikhats, akim and publishes their list, notify voters about the locations of election commissions;
6-1) establish a uniform numbering of electoral districts;
7) establish the text of ballot papers for the election of maslikhat deputies according to party lists, akims, and members of other local government bodies and ensure the production of ballot papers for the election of maslikhat deputies, akims, members of other local government bodies, as well as the delivery of ballot papers to the district, precinct election commissions;
8) organize and ensure the holding of elections of deputies of maslikhats; register party lists submitted by political parties nominating candidates for maslikhat deputies, register proxies of political parties and candidates, issue relevant certificates to candidates and proxies; publish in the mass media messages about the registration of party lists;
8-1) appoint and organize the elections of akims, elections of akims instead of retired ones; register candidates for akims and their proxies, issue appropriate certificates to them; publish in the mass media messages on the registration of candidates for akims;
9) establish the results of voting at polling stations in the relevant administrative-territorial unit, sum up the results of elections of deputies of maslikhats, akim, register elected deputies, akim and publish a message about this in the media; submit to the higher election commission the protocols of counting votes in the respective electoral districts and precincts for summing up the results of the elections and publishing them on the official Internet resource of the Central Election Commission;
10) organize repeated voting and repeated elections of deputies of the Senate, repeated elections of deputies of maslikhats, akim, as well as elections instead of retired deputies of the Senate of the Parliament and maslikhats;
11) appoint and organize the election of members of other local government bodies other than maslikhats, the repeated elections and election of members instead of retired members; register candidates for members of other, except for maslikhats, local government bodies, their agents, issue them the appropriate certificates; publish reports in the local media on the registration of candidates; sum up the results of election of members of other, except for maslikhats, local government bodies; publish in local media a report on the election results;
11-1) raise public awareness of the legislation on elections; arrange and conduct the training of electoral process participants; hold workshops with representatives of political parties and other electoral process participants on organizing and holding elections;
11-2) carry out accreditation of regional and local public associations and non-profit organizations, the statutory activities of which include the implementation of election observation activities;
11-3) exercise the powers of district election commissions if the boundaries of districts for single-member territorial electoral districts coincide with the boundaries of administrative-territorial units;
12) execute other authorities in compliance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Footnote. Article 14 is with the changes introduced by the Constitutional Laws of RK dated May 6, 1999 № 375-I; April 14, 2004 № 545-II; June 19, 2007 № 268-III; February 9, 2009 № 124-IV; dated 15.06.2017 № 75-VI (shall be enforced from the day of its first official publication); dated 29.06.2018 № 162-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); 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-VІI (refer to Article 3 for the order of entry into force).