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2016
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
To enhance the integrity and public confidence in the electoral process, authorities should develop safeguards to ensure a clear separation between the state and party.
Recommendation # in final report:
18
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2022
Final report heading:
Election Campaign
Kazakhstan
2016
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
To enhance transparency, detailed and standardized campaign finance reports could be considered, including full data on the sources of funding and the expenditures. Such reports should be publicly available and posted on the CEC website
Recommendation # in final report:
19
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2022
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
Kazakhstan
2016
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
The obligation to organize pre-election debates could be placed on state-funded channels instead of the CEC. The legal framework should be amended to guarantee contestants additional free of charge coverage by the state-funded media to ensure a more level playing field and more substantial voter information.
Recommendation # in final report:
20
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2022
Final report heading:
Media
Kazakhstan
2016
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
Consideration could be given to amending the legal framework so as to provide for the collection and limited sharing of disaggregated data on ethnic origin of all election candidates and election administration members, while respecting non-discrimination and privacy principles.
Recommendation # in final report:
21
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Participation of National Minorities
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2022
Final report heading:
Participation of National Minorities
Kazakhstan
2016
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
The Election Law should be amended to allow voters to directly appeal the election results in their constituency and all electoral contenders to appeal the final results with the Constitutional Council.
Recommendation # in final report:
22
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2022
Final report heading:
Complaints and Appeals
Kazakhstan
2016
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
As a confidence building measure, the transparency of the dispute resolution process should be enhanced through the timely publication of information on complaints received by election commissions at all levels, their nature and resolution.
Recommendation # in final report:
23
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Dispute Resolution (EDR)
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2022
Final report heading:
Complaints and Appeals
Kazakhstan
2016
Early election
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
As previously recommended , to enhance transparency and confidence, election results should be published disaggregated by district and polling station, including the number of registered voters and those who voted, as well as the number of votes cast for each party. The CEC could publish such data on its website immediately after submission of PEC protocols.
Recommendation # in final report:
24
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Election Day
Secondary thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2022
Final report heading:
Election Day
Kazakhstan
2019
Early election
EOM
Presidential
Restrictions in the legislation related to constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights and freedoms should be lifted. Excessively wide formulations of such restrictions in the law should be avoided to ensure legal certainty and prevent arbitrary implementation of the law. Any limitation of rights should be result of a judicial process and proportional to the aim it seeks.
Recommendation # in final report:
1
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Legal Framework and Electoral System
Kazakhstan
2019
Early election
EOM
Presidential
To enhance independence and impartiality of the election administration, the Election Law should be amended to guarantee an inclusive and broad representation of political parties in election commissions at all levels. The principle that one political party has one member in a commission should be adhered to, and the distribution of leadership positions in the PECs and TECs should be reconsidered.
Recommendation # in final report:
2
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Election Administration
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Election Administration
Kazakhstan
2019
Early election
EOM
Presidential
The blanket withdrawal of voting rights of citizens serving prison sentences should be revised to ensure proportionality between the limitation imposed and the severity of the offense committed. The norms disenfranchising persons with disabilities shall be abolished to ensure universal suffrage.
Recommendation # in final report:
3
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Voter Registration
Secondary thematic area:
Participation of Persons with Disabilities
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2023
Final report heading:
Voter Registration
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