By Zholdas Oristbayev for Eurasianet On the same day that Kazakhstan completed the registration process for the six people running for president in this month’s snap election, swarms of volunteers in blue jackets fanned out into the capital, Astana, distributing leaflets. The face on the flyers was that of the incumbent and certain winner, 69-year-old Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Tokayev is a president in need of a boost to his popular legitimacy. One method devised to convey the impression that the push for his re-election on November 20 is the fruit of an organic grassroots movement has been the c…