1. The voter register by electoral districts to be formed in the place of residence of citizens shall be presented to voters by the corresponding election commissions for familiarization with the named registers fifteen days before the day of election. The voter register by electoral districts to be formed in the military units, on board the ships belonging to the Republic of Kazakhstan that on the day of elections are in navigation, in the rest houses, health resorts, medioprophilactic institutions, in the places of the citizens’ stay in the remote and hard-to-reach areas, in the distant pastures, in the investigative wards and detention centers as well as in the representations of the Republic of Kazakhstan in foreign states shall be presented to the voters for familiarization five days before the Election Day; in the electoral districts to be formed at elections of members of other local self-government bodies - seven days before the Election Day. 2. The lists of electors for the elections of deputies of the Senate shall be submitted for review by publishing in local mass media, and shall be also posted on the Internet resources of maslikhats of regions, cities of republican significance and the capital at least seven days before the elections. 3. In the premises of the corresponding election commissions citizens (electors) shall be provided with the opportunity to be familiarized with voter (elector) registers and check the correctness of the data about voters (electors). Working hours of a precinct election commission, except the day of voting, shall be established by the corresponding territorial election commissions. 4. Every citizen (elector) has the right to verify the data concerning him/her in voter lists and appeal against non-inclusion, improper inclusion in or exclusion from the list, as well as inaccuracies in the data on a voter (elector). Applications for inclusion in, exclusion from or making corrections in voter lists are considered by an election commission on the day of the application’s submission to the relevant election commission. If the application is rejected, the election commission shall promptly deliver the applicant a copy of the reasoned decision to reject his/her application. The decision can be appealed to a court having jurisdiction over the relevant election commission, which shall examine the complaint on the day of its receipt. If the decision is positive for the applicant, the correction in the list of voters (electors) or inclusion of a voter, who was not included in the list, shall be made by the election commission immediately. Footnote. Article 26 is with the changes, introduced by the Constitutional Laws of RK dated April 14, 2004 № 545-II; February 9, 2009 № 124-IV; dated 31.07.2015 № 340-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2016); dated 29.06.2018 № 162-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication). Article 26-1. Formation of voters list for voting 1. The lists of voters for each electoral precinct shall be submitted by the relevant akim according to the act to the precinct election commission twenty days before the start of voting in electronic form and (or) on paper, to the territorial and district commissions - in electronic form. 2. In the event of a change in the voter list, the precinct election commission shall inform the higher election commission about this. 3. The subordinate territorial election commission shall submit voter lists in electronic form to a higher commission for inclusion in the electronic Register of citizens - voters of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 4. The procedure for compiling voter lists for voting as well as their submission to election commissions shall be determined by the Central Election Commission. Footnote. Chapter 4 shall be supplemented by Article 26-1 in accordance with the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.06.2018 № 162-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); as amended by the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.11.2022 № 156-VII (shall come into effect from 01.01.2023). Chapter 5. Pre-election campaign
§ KZ Election Law Art. 26Familiarization with the registers of voters (electors)
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