US Edition[Opinion] Kazakh Journalists Are Being Fined for Surveying Public Opinion on the Upcoming Referendum
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Kazakhstan Outlines Voting and Counting Procedures for Constitutional Referendum
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ALMATY – The procedures for voting and tabulating results in Kazakhstan’s upcoming national referendum, scheduled for March 15, were presented during a Feb. 23 meeting of the Central Election Commission as part of ongoing preparations for the nationwide vote. The Central Election Commission presented the procedures for voting and tabulating results in Kazakhstan…
In Kazakhstan, the Newspaper Ural Week Was Fined for Conducting a Referendum on the New Constitution
The court in Kazakhstan fined the newspaper Urala Week 129,750 tenge (about $259) on the violation of the conditions for conducting an election-related public opinion poll (art. 120 of the Code). The reason for the case was the post on the television channel of 11 February 2026, which asked: "Will you go to referendum?" On the same evening, two prosecutors and a police officer came to the editor-in-chief of Tamara Eslamova's publication.
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