Article 56. Collection of signatures in support of the candidate for President of the Republic of the Constitutional Law on Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan

     1. The support of the presidential candidate by the voters is confirmed 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 the regions, cities of national importance and the capital of the Republic.

     3. The collection of signatures in support of a presidential candidate shall be organized by authorized persons and drawn up by subscription lists issued by the Central Election Commission no later than five days after the candidate is checked for compliance with the requirements established by the Constitution and this Constitutional Law, on the basis of the documents on his nomination specified in paragraph 3 of Article 55 of this Constitutional Law.

     4. Each signature list must have an ordinal number and include the candidate's last name, first name and patronymic, the personal signature of his authorized representative, the last name, first name and patronymic of the person collecting signatures, the name of the locality where signatures are collected, as well as columns containing the following information about the signatories:

     1) last name, first name and patronymic;

     2) the number and series of the identity document;

     3) date, month and year of birth;

     4) the address of the permanent or temporary place of residence;

     5) Personal signature.

     5. When collecting signatures, the person collecting signatures must present a copy of the registration certificate of the candidate's authorized representative, whose personal signature is on the relevant signature list.

     6. The Central Election Commission:

     1) approves the sample subscription list;

     2) is obliged to provide presidential candidates with the required number of subscription lists.

     7. Completed signature collection sheets in support of a presidential candidate are submitted to the territorial election commission, which, within ten days, verifies the authenticity of signatures with the involvement of employees of the authorized body for documenting and issuing passports and identity cards, draws up an appropriate protocol and sends it to the Central Election Commission.

     8. Verification of the authenticity of signatures is carried out before establishing reliable signatures in the amount required by the presidential candidate, in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article.

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

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