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Speed it up: Workers sort and fold ballots for the 2017 Jakarta election at a General Elections Commission (KPU) logistics warehouse of the Central Jakarta branch on Jan. 24. (Antara/Widodo S. Jusuf)
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he General Elections Commission (KPU) said on Wednesday the logistical preparations for the upcoming simultaneous regional elections slated for Feb. 15 had almost been finalized.
“The production and distribution of ballot papers are 98 percent complete. Almost all ballots have been received by KPU offices at the municipality or regency levels," KPU commissioner Arief Budiman told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.
KPU offices in municipalities and regencies across Indonesia are now in the process of sorting, folding and packaging the ballots. They will later send the ballots, together with the election forms, writing materials and ballot boxes, to districts and subdistricts in their area.
Arief said the KPU targeted all ballots to arrive in each polling station in the regencies and municipalities one day before the elections.
He further said the commission had accelerated the production and distribution of ballots in geographically challenging areas, including islands and mountainous areas, including Morotai Island in North Maluku, Mentawai Island in West Sumatera, as well as regencies Lanny Jaya and Tolikara in Papua.
“The production and distribution process of ballots in those areas have been conducted two weeks earlier than other areas,” Arief said. (ebf)
