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All ready -- General Elections Commission (KPU) officials observe monitor screens, which will display information from the commission's official website, uji-pilkada2017.kpu.go.id, at KPU Jakarta headquarters on Jan.18. (Antara/Widodo S. Jusuf)
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ver 1,100 ballots in Salatiga, Central Java, were found to be damaged during a sorting process conducted by Salatiga General Elections Commission (KPU) officials. The commission also discovered a shortfall of 204 ballot papers delivered from the printing house.
“The sorting and folding process of ballots for the 2017 election is complete. As many as 1,136 ballots are damaged, some of them were either torn or creased during the printing process while others are ink-stained,” said KPU Salatiga official Putnawati on Wednesday.
For the upcoming election, the commission has provided 129,930 ballots, the number of voters registered in the final voter list (DPT) plus extra ballots amounting to 2.5 percent of the total DPT. KPU Salatiga has also provided 2,000 ballots for rerun elections.
Putnawati said the commission hired 20 local residents to help sort and fold the ballots. They worked from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., for which they were paid Rp 100 (less than 1 US cent) per ballot.
“They worked based on a contract. They started to work last week and their work is already complete,” said Putnawati.
She said the KPU had asked the management of the printing house, which is located in Malang, East Java, to replace the damaged ballots and send the missing 204 ballots.
Putnawati was optimistic the election of regional heads in Salatiga would run smoothly. The commission continues to introduce the election to first-time voters. Working with the district-level election committees, KPU Salatiga has taken a road show to schools to encourage students aged 17 years and over to exercise their right to vote. (ebf)
