TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Printing companies responsible for damaged ballots: KPU
General Elections Commission (KPU) offices across the country have found damaged ballots while sorting them. KPU commissioner Hadar Nafis Gumay says printing companies that produced ballots for the Feb. 15 regional elections were responsible for the replacement of all damaged ballots.
Change Size
An official holds a ballot paper for the Feb. 15 Jakarta gubernatorial election that lacks a border on Jan. 27. The Central Jakarta General Elections Commission found 131 damaged ballot papers during the sorting process. (The Jakarta Post/Callistasia Anggun Wijaya)
G
eneral Elections Commission (KPU) commissioner Hadar Nafis Gumay has said printing companies that produced ballots for the Feb. 15 simultaneous regional elections were responsible for the replacement of all damaged ballots found during the sorting process.
It has been reported that KPU offices across the country have found damaged ballots while sorting them.
“The damaged ballots will be replaced and the replacements should be immediately delivered to KPU offices in the respective municipalities and regencies. It is stated in the agreement [between the regional KPUs and printing companies], that all ballots should be in accordance with the determined specifications,” Hadar told The Jakarta Post on Thursday.
Another commissioner, Sigit Pamungkas, said the KPU would make sure that the damaged ballots would not be misused.
“KPU offices in municipalities and regencies should take note of the exact number of damaged ballots they find. Those ballots shall be destroyed, witnessed by the police and the Elections Supervisory Agency,” Sigit said.
He said further that the damaged ballots would be destroyed after KPU offices in municipalities and regencies finished the sorting and packing of all ballots they received. (bbs)
