§ KZ Election Law Art. 56Collection of signatures in support of a candidate for the President of the Republic

1. Voter support of a presidential candidate shall be certified by collecting their signatures.
2. A presidential candidate must be supported by at least one percent of the total number of voters, equally representing at least two thirds of regions, cities of republican significance and the capital of the Republic.
3. The collection of signatures in support of a presidential candidate shall be organized by agents and executed in signature sheets, issued by the Central Election Commission no later than five days after the candidate has been checked for compliance with the requirements, established by the Constitution and this Constitutional Law, on the basis of the documents on his nomination, established in paragraph 3 of Article 55 of this Constitutional Law.
4. Each signature sheet must have a serial number and include the surname, name and patronymic of the candidate, the personal signature of his authorized representative, the surname, name and patronymic of the person collecting signatures, the name of the settlement in which signatures are collected, as well as the columns, containing the following information about signatories:
1) surname, name and patronymic;
2) the number and series of the identification document;
3) date, month and year of birth;
4) the address of the permanent or temporary residence;
5) personal signature.
5. When collecting signatures, the person collecting signatures must submit a copy of the certificate of registration of the authorized representative of the candidate, whose personal signature is on the corresponding signature sheet.
6. The Central Election Commission shall:
1) approve the sample of the signature sheet;
2) be obliged to provide presidential candidates with the necessary number of signature sheets.
7. Completed signature lists for collecting signatures in support of a presidential candidate shall be submitted to the territorial election commission, which within ten days checks the authenticity of signatures with the involvement of employees of the authorized body for documenting and issuing passports and identity cards, draw up the appropriate protocol and sends it to the Central Electoral commission.
8. Verification of the authenticity of signatures shall be carried out before establishing authentic signatures in the quantity required for the presidential candidate, in accordance with paragraph 2 of this article.
Footnote. Article 56 as amended by the Constitutional Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 14.04.2004 № 545; dated 15.06.2017 № 75-VI (shall be enforced from the date of its first official publication); dated 28.12.2018 № 209-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 05.11.2022 № 156-VII (shall come into effect from 01.01.2023).
Article 57.
Footnote. The Article 57 is excluded by the Constitutional Law of RK dated April 14, 2004 № 545-II.