Some issues of improving the electoral law norms of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Abstract

This article, based on a study of the current legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, special literature in the  field of electoral law and the electoral process, electoral practice, examines topical issues of legal regulation  in the field of electoral activity. The object of study isthe provisions ofthe Constitution of the Republic of  Kazakhstan, the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan «On Elections in the Republic of  Kazakhstan», taking into account the novelties introduced in the Constitutional Law on Elections. The positions of legal scholars regarding the status of electoral bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan and their members are examined. In the context of the general task of forming a civil society and the rule of law in the Republic of Kazakhstan, the need for further improvement of the constitutional and legal regulation of the  institution of elections is established. Proposals were formulated on the advisability of supplementing constitutional norms with provisions concerning the legal properties of election  commissions, specifying the status of their members. As directions for improving the electoral  legislation, it is proposed to eliminate some gaps in the field of pre-election campaigning, to specify the status of members of electoral commissions with a decisive vote and a deliberative vote.