Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Kazakhstan

The Kazakh Election In Pictures

Election officials register election monitors at Almaty polling station No. 310 on 4 December (RFE/RL)

Below, RFE/RL presents images from the 4 December presidential election in Kazakhstan gathered by the correspondents of RFE/RL's Kazakh Service.

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December 04, 2005

Election workers at Almaty polling station No. 312 just prior to the opening of voting at 7 a.m. on 4 December

Almaty polling station No. 312 just prior to the opening of voting at 7 a.m. on 4 December

A Belarusian-made electronic voting machine at Almaty polling station No. 312

Instructions for using the electronic voting machines

One of the first people to cast their ballot at polling station No. 312 in Almaty

Students lining up to vote at a polling station at Almaty State University

Opposition figure Bolat Abilov arriving to vote in Almaty on 4 December

Opposition figure Bolat Abilov being instructed how to vote at an Almaty polling station

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