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Kazakhstan’s president ended the mandates of local maslikhats at every level on October 12 and tasked the election commission with organizing an extraordinary vote. The official announcement gives no polling date. Here is what has been decided and what remains open.
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On 23 August Kazakhstan elects its Kurultai for the first time — a single-chamber parliament under a new constitution in which some 84% of the text was rewritten. The argument is about the reset of presidential terms, but that is a consequence. No system has solved how a ruler stops ruling and survives.
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On 16 July Trump announced the declassification of intelligence on election security and said China had illegally obtained 220 million files on American voters. Three separate claims that must not be blurred together: a vulnerability, an attempt to interfere, and a vote actually rewritten are not the same thing.
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It is easy to be disappointed by elections: it can seem that nothing changes anyway. Their point is not only who wins on a particular day. Their main function is quiet and constant — they make power dependent on people. A peaceful button marked replace is one of humanity's underrated inventions.
