Representatives of the Central Election Commission announced in Almaty on 28 June that the nomination of candidates for 19 September elections to Kazakhstan\'s lower house of parliament will begin on 18 July and end on 9 August, Kazakh TV reported. Registration will last until 18 August. A spokesperson said that the central budget will provide each candidate with 191,650 tenges ($1,400) for campaign advertising; 13,000 tenges each will go toward a 10-minute radio address; and 60,000 tenges each will be allocated for a 15-minute television address. Parties, which can each field 10 candidates, will have a spending cap of 99 million tenges ($735,000). The lower house of parliament consists of 77 deputies. Of them, 67 are elected from single-candidate constituencies and 10 on party slates. (RFE/RL)