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Ahok, Djarot team urge voters to fight for their voting rights
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Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama and running mate Djarot Saiful Hidayat (JP/Ricky Yudhistira)
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he campaign team of Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama and Djarot Saiful Hidayat has urged supporters who have not yet received a voting invitation, or C6 form, for tomorrow’s runoff election, to meet with polling station officers (KPPS) today to ask for it.
The campaign team spokesman, I Putu Artha, said at a press conference on Tuesday that around 1,872 people had reported to the team that they had faced difficulties obtaining the C6 form.
Some, who had received the voting invitation, also reported that the Identification Card Number (NIK) written on the form did not match with their original ID.
“We’ve asked the voters to come together to the KPPS if they have not received the C6 form. If there are irregularities in the form, they should urge the KPPS to revise the form today,” Putu said in Jakarta.
(Read also: KPU Jakarta to engage campaign teams in distributing C6 forms)
Putu said the team was disappointed that the C6 form had not been distributed correctly in several areas, such as apartments and residential complexes, which have become part of their supporter base.
Hundreds of residents in Cakung Barat Apartment, Parkview Sunter Apartment, Taman Modern Cakung Complex, Green Lake City residential, Cengkareng, and Puri Mansion residential, Kembangan, West Jakarta, have not received the C6 form.
In Jatinegara apartment, East Jakarta, 50 people who had exercised their voting rights in the first round of the election on Feb. 15, were not included in Final Voter List (DPT), Putu said.
Many residents also reported receiving a false NIK in the C6 form, which suggests these errors may be intentional and not simply human error.
The team worried the KPPS would complicate the voting process for voters due to the incorrect data, Putu said.
Even though voters can vote without the C6 form, the team suggests voters obtain the form, as it can be misused by others to cast illegal votes.
Putu said that such fraud occurred in the first round when the forms were used by some people to vote on another person’s behalf.
This fraud led to re-voting in polling stations in Kalibata, South Jakarta and Kemayoran, Central Jakarta. (dan)
