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Voters still able to change voting address: KPU
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Visitors attend a general election information booth provided by the Central Jakarta office of the General Elections Commission (KPU) during a car free day event on Jl, MH Thamrin, on Sunday. (Kompas.com/Dean Pahrevi)
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ni, a resident of Surabaya, East Java, has been busily collecting information on how to change her voting address, as she will be in East Jakarta when the general election is held on April 17.
She was, therefore, relieved to find a general election-information booth provided by the Central Jakarta office of the General Elections Commission (KPU) during a car free day event on Sunday.
Musfir, a KPU official at the booth, said many prospective voters –who are not registered residents of Jakarta—had asked about the requirements needed to change their voting address.
“Most have asked about how to change their voting address, particularly those who have identity cards from outside the capital, but who are currently working in Jakarta,” he said on Sunday, as quoted by kompas.com.
Musfir explained that those non-Jakarta residents who planned to cast their vote in the capital should go to the KPU office in their respective municipality. It is up to the commission’s municipality offices to change the location of voters' polling stations.
"For instance, if you come from Magelang, East Java, but currently live in East Jakarta. You must visit KPU East Jakarta with your identity card and family card. [KPU staff] will validate the data," he said.
If they have not been registered as voters, the KPU officer will sign them up for the polling stations where they plan to cast their vote.
"Once you have registered [as a voter] in the area where you're currently living, you will be given a ballot and an A5 form for changing polling station. Bring the documents to the polling station on election day," Musfir said.
Voters who need to change their polling station will have to complete the administrative requirements before Feb. 17.
The presidential and legislative elections are set to be held simultaneously this year. (sau)
