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KPU hopes no quick counts announced before voting is over
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General Elections Commission (KPU) commissioners Arief Budiman (left) and Ferry Kurnia Rizkiyansyah check final voter data for the 2017 Jakarta election on Panggang Island, Thousand Islands.
(Antara/Wahyu Putro A.)
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he General Elections Commission (KPU) has called on pollsters and the media not to release quick count results before voting on Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. ended as they could sway voters.
“We hope that they will not publish quick count results during the vote because it may sway public opinion,” KPU commissioner Ferry Kurnia said at Borobudur Hotel, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday.
“We suggest the media and pollsters wait for two hours after the completion of voting before announcing their quick count results,” he went on.
Although there is no specific regulation on announcing quick count results, Ferry hoped that all parties would heed his call.
(Read also: No selfies in polling booths: KPU Jakarta)
Ferry further suggested the public and the campaign teams of each candidate relied only on KPU’s official real-time count results, which would be published on the official KPU website pilkada2017.kpu.go.id.
KPU hopes to announce the official results of the elections at least one day after voting day in urban areas, while it could take up to three days to the results to come through from rural areas. (trw)
