Article 27. Pre-election campaigning of the Constitutional Law on Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan
1. Pre-election campaigning is an activity aimed at encouraging voters to vote for or against a candidate or a political party.
Foreigners, stateless persons, foreign legal entities, and international organizations are prohibited from carrying out activities that hinder and/or facilitate the nomination and election of candidates, political parties that have nominated a party list, and the achievement of a certain election result.
2. Pre-election campaigning begins at the end of the candidate registration period and ends at zero o'clock local time on the day preceding election day. In case of repeated voting, pre-election campaigning begins on the day of the appointment of the day of repeated voting and ends at zero o'clock local time on the day preceding election day.
3. Pre-election campaigning is carried out:
1) through the mass media;
2) by holding public pre-election events (pre-election meetings and meetings with voters (electors), public pre-election debates and discussions, rallies, marches, demonstrations and other pre-election events in accordance with the procedure established by law and not prohibited by this Constitutional Law), as well as personal meetings of candidates and their proxies with voters (electors);
3) by publishing and (or) distributing printed, audiovisual and other campaign materials;
4) through online platforms.
4. It is prohibited to conduct election campaigning or distribute any campaign materials.:
1) state bodies, local self-government bodies, as well as their officials in the performance of their official duties;
2) military personnel of the Armed Forces, other troops and military formations, employees of national security agencies, law enforcement agencies and judges;
3) members of election commissions;
4) religious associations.
It is prohibited for broadcasting entities to distribute any propaganda materials in news and analytical programs.
5. Candidates who are officials of state bodies are prohibited from taking advantage of their official or official position.
The use of the advantages of an official or official position in this Constitutional Law is understood as:
1) involving persons who are subordinate or otherwise dependent in the conduct of election campaigning, except in cases when these persons are campaigning as proxies of a candidate;
2) the use of premises occupied by state bodies for carrying out activities contributing to the election of a candidate or a political party that has put forward a party list, unless other candidates or political parties are guaranteed the use of these premises on the same terms.
Compliance with the restrictions established by this paragraph should not prevent officials from fulfilling their official duties.
6. Journalists and officials of the editorial offices of mass media registered by candidates or their proxies are not entitled to participate in the coverage of elections through the mass media.
7. The mass media are obliged to provide objective coverage of the election campaign of candidates and political parties; to refrain from publishing campaign materials and other information knowingly discrediting the honor, dignity and business reputation of the candidate or political party; to provide these persons with the opportunity to publish a free refutation in defense of honor, dignity and business reputation in the next issue of the print edition in the same volume, in the same font and in the same place where the refuted message or material was posted. The refutation must be broadcast on radio and television at the same time of day and in the same TV or radio program as the refuted message or material, and in cases of closure of the specified TV or radio program - in another TV or radio program with the appropriate thematic focus.
The volume of the refutation may not exceed twice or more the volume of the refuted message or material.
The mass media are required to disseminate information about the events for the nomination of all candidates and party lists, and their registration by election commissions in equal amounts of print space and airtime.
The mass media shall immediately provide an opportunity to the relevant election commissions to publish information on the course of the election campaign and messages established by this Constitutional Law.
7-1. Users of online platforms are obliged to refrain from publishing campaign materials and other information knowingly discrediting the honor, dignity and business reputation of a candidate or a political party; to provide these persons with the opportunity to publish a refutation free of charge in defense of their honor, dignity and business reputation.
8. Media officials are not responsible for statements made by candidates and political parties during their election campaign, except in cases of publication of materials specified in paragraph 1 of Article 29 of this Constitutional Law.
9. Improper election campaigning is considered to be the conduct of election campaigning accompanied by the provision of goods, services, and securities to voters free of charge or on preferential terms, as well as lotteries, charity events, the payment of money, or the promise of such, with the exception of the free distribution of printed, including illustrative, materials, as well as badges, flags, flags, specially designed made for the election campaign. Improper election campaigning is prohibited.
From the moment of the announcement (appointment) of the elections, candidates, political parties that have nominated party lists, as well as on their behalf or in support of them, any individuals and legal entities are prohibited from holding charity events, with the exception of organizing entertainment and sporting events.
Violation by the candidate, the political party that nominated the party list, as well as their proxies of the rules established by this paragraph, entails the cancellation of the decision on registration of the candidate, the party list.
10. It is prohibited to conduct election campaigning using the image of any person without his written permission, and in the event of his death - without the written permission of the heirs.
Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated September 28, 1995 No. 2464.
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