Article 117. Nomination of candidates for members of local self-government bodies of the Constitutional Law on Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan

     1. The right to nominate candidates for members of local self-government bodies belongs to citizens' assemblies, which are authorized if there are at least fifty citizens who have the right to vote and compactly reside in rural and urban local communities, as well as citizens by self-nomination.

     2. The decision to nominate candidates for members of local self-government bodies is made by a majority vote of the number of citizens present at the meeting, which is formalized by the relevant protocol.

     3. Decision of the Citizens' Assembly:

     1) it is brought to the attention of the nominated candidate;

     2) together with the candidate's statement of consent to run, it is sent to the relevant territorial election commission.

     4. The nomination of candidates for members of local self-government bodies by citizens is carried out in the order of self-nomination by submitting to the relevant territorial election commission an application of intention to run as a candidate for members of local self-government bodies in the territory of the relevant rural or urban local community.

     5. A citizen who does not reside in the territory of a given rural or urban local community cannot be nominated as a candidate for membership in a local government body.

     6. The number of nominated candidates is not limited.

     7. The nomination of candidates begins on the day following the election and ends fourteen days before election day.

     8. If less than two candidates for members of local self-government bodies have been registered as of the deadline for registration of candidates, the territorial election commission shall extend the deadline for nominating candidates, but not more than twenty days.

     9. The Territorial Election Commission shall, within three days, determine the candidate's compliance with the requirements imposed on him by the Constitution and this Constitutional Law.

Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated September 28, 1995 No. 2464.

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