“We have coordinated with Navy and military district command commanders, among others, to distribute the election materials. So, we should be able to overcome any obstacles,” said Sinadia on Thursday.

It was hoped the materials could be distributed to the remote islands, including Marore, Nusa Tabukan and Tatoareng, before the Feb. 12 to 14 cooling-off period.

“Marore has four polling stations with 1,093 voters while 4,076 voters are registered in Tatoareng, which will open 16 polling stations. Meanwhile, Nusa Tabukan will have 9 polling stations open to serve its 2,455 voters,” said Sinadia.

In total, 299 polling stations will be readied for the regency election on Feb. 15. “In one polling station, we’ve found several cases where a voter has been registered twice. But we have cooperated with local polling committees to prevent [such occurrences],” Sinadia said.

For voters in hospital undergoing treatment and those incarcerated, the KPU would assist them in obtaining ballot papers to be able to vote, she added.

Meanwhile, the Bolaang Mongondow KPU will start to distribute election materials on Sunday. The commission’s planning, logistics and finance division head, Lilik Mahmuda, said the number of ballots prepared amounted to 167,551, in line with the number of voters registered on the final voters list (DPT). The KPU also prepared 4,362 extra ballots, which was 2.5 percent of the DPT.

“We have 171,913 ballots prepared in total,” said Lilik. (ebf)

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