The Central Election Commission of Kyrgyzstan (CEC) will spend almost 20 million soms on printing ballots. The state procurement website says.
According to it, the CEC announced a tender for the purchase of 5,500 three-color ink cartridges and rolls of paper for printing ballots for a total of 19,684,500 soms.
Recall, ballots for the local elections will not be produced centrally at Uchkun state printing house as it was done before. They will be printed directly at the polling stations after the voter has passed the identification procedure.
Earlier, the CEC approved an estimate of 495,718.4 million soms for the preparation and holding of elections of deputies of local councils, scheduled for November 17.
The presidential decree «On the dissolution of local councils and calling the elections of deputies of local councils» was issued on September 6. At least 484 local councils are subject to dissolution. Elections of deputies of 249 local councils (list is at the link) are scheduled for November 17.
