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Logistical hitches hamper voting in Sangihe Islands
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In transit – Officers handle election materials for two districts of Sangihe Islands regency on Saturday. Bad weather has hampered the delivery of equipment to area. (JP/Eva Aruperes)
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ad weather has obstructed the delivery of election materials to the isolated regency of Sangihe Islands in North Sulawesi, delaying voting in two districts, namely Nusa Tabukan and Marore Islands.
Sangihe Islands General Elections Commission (KPU) head Elsye Sinadia said the Sabuk 51 vessel carrying the equipment and for Nusa Tabukan was predicted to arrive on Wednesday afternoon.
“We have received information from the captain that the ship is expected to arrive in Nusa Tabukan at 5 p.m. local time,” she said on Wednesday.
Good to go – Ballot boxes for regional elections in Sangihe Islands regency are prepared on the deck of a ship, which will carry them to Nusa Tabukan and Marore Islands districts on early Saturday.(JP/Eva Aruperes)
Elsye said that in Marore Islands, Matutuang village was the only one that had not yet received election equipment. “Should the logistics arrive in Matutuang by 10 a.m., voting will still be done as scheduled. As for voting in Nusa Tabukan, we will decide about it in a plenary meeting at noon,” she went on.
Nusa Tabukan has five villages with nine polling stations for the 2,455 voters registered on its voter list. Meanwhile, four polling stations will be opened for 1,093 registered voters living in three villages across the district of Marore Islands.
Sangihe Islands is one of 101 regions scheduled to hold regional elections on Wednesday. (ebf)
