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The number of polling stations (TPS) which have to re-run the legislative election has continued to increase
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The number of polling stations (TPS) which have to re-run the legislative election has continued to increase.
The General Elections Commission (KPU) reports 759 TPS will have to restage the vote.
'The recently received data was from Papua,' the commission's head of election logistics and facilities, Susila Heri Prabawa, said at the KPU headquarters in Central Jakarta on Monday, as quoted by kompas.com.
According to KPU official data, the 759 polling stations which are located in 105 regencies and municipalities in 29 provinces have to rerun the legislative election due to misplaced ballot papers. The figures are much higher because as of Sunday, only 649 TPS in 23 provinces were reported to have held repeat elections.
The KPU called for the repeat elections by Tuesday at the latest, Susila said. 'Repeat elections in a number of TPS took place last week while some others reran the polls on Sunday,' he said.
Susila admitted that the KPU had been careless in sorting the ballot papers before distributing them.
Meanwhile, an election observation report published by the People's Voters Education Network (JPPR) reveals election material management discrepancies during this year's legislative election.
The JPPR compiled the report based on results of observation activities conducted by volunteers in 1,005 polling stations in 25 provinces.
JPPR coordinator M.Afifuddin said such logistical mismanagement could directly impact on voters. 'The late arrival of election materials would ruin everything,' he said on Monday.
According to Afif, delayed arrivals of ballot papers partly resulted from sloppiness in the election planning.
Citing an example, he said many voters were not registered in the final voters list (DPT) while some others were registered in two different electoral districts. A number of voters who had died were reported to have received C6 forms (voting invitation letters) while in other cases, a voter received two C6 forms.
Unfortunately, Afif said, the commission's computerized registration system could not detect such problems because it could only preview aggregate data on the population. (idb/ebf)
