§ KZ Election Law Art. 39The polling station

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1. Voting at the elections of the President, deputies of the Parliament, maslikhats, akim, and members of other bodies of local self-government should be held in specially designated premises, in which there should be equipped with a sufficient number of booths for secret voting, places for issuing ballots should be determined and ballot boxes should be installed for such in such a way that voters when approaching them, must pass through the booths for secret voting. Wherein, an opportunity should be provided for observers, proxies, representatives of the media and members of the election commission to observe the ballot boxes, entering and leaving the booths for secret voting.
1-1. When equipping a polling station, conditions must be provided for unimpeded access of voters who are citizens with disabilities and for voting in it.
2. The persons who are at the polling station shall be strictly obliged to observe the rules established by the election commission. The chairperson of the corresponding election commission shall regulate the number of the voters in the polling station, shall be responsible for the order and shall be eligible to demand from anyone who offends the provisions of this Constitutional Law and hinders the conduct of voting to leave the polling station.
On Election Day, all the persons, who are not involved in the electoral process, shall be forbidden to stay in the premise of polling stations.
In case of infringement of the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan at elections, the member of the precinct election commission shall immediately be removed from the participation in the work of the commission, the observer and other persons shall leave the polling station on the basis of the well-grounded decision of the election commission accepted in written form.
Fulfillment of the given decision shall be realized by the law-enforcement bodies, the latter shall also undertake all possible measures to make answerable the discharged member of the election commission and the sent away observer or any other person for their violation of the provisions and rules of the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
3. Ensuring the order at the polling stations shall be assigned to the law-enforcement bodies.
The employees of the law-enforcement bodies shall enter and stay at the polling station only by invitation of the commission chairperson and shall be obliged to leave it immediately after recovering of order or at a request of the chairperson.
Footnote. Article 39 is with the changes introduced by the Constitutional Laws of RK dated April 14, 2004 № 545-II; dated February 9, 2009 № 124-IV (the order of enactment see Art. 2); 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-VII (shall come into effect from 01.01.2023).

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