Kazakhstan to spend near $25 million for snap presidential election

AKIPRESS.COM - The Government of Kazakhstan has made the decision to allocate 9.4 billion tenge ($24.8 million) from the reserve fund for organization of snap presidential election, First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Alihan Smailov said, Kazinform reports. This sum will be spent for organization of around 10,000 polling stations across Kazakhstan, where near 70,000 people will work, he said.
"The bulk of the sum will be spent for salaries of people that will be involved into work of the polling stations. The sum was adjusted. We have checked the number of polling stations, number of people to work for each particular region," the Deputy Prime Minister explained.