Indonesia election: Jayapura residents cast late ballots
At least 160,000 residents in Jayapura, the provincial capital of Papua, would vote in the general election on April 18 following several logistical glitches on the general election day.
A voter casts his ballot at Jakarta polling station. (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)
Jakarta (VNA) – At least 160,000 residents in Jayapura, theprovincial capital of Papua, would vote in the general election on April 18following several logistical glitches on the general election day.
People in Abepura and South Jayapura districts had to delay their voting rightsafter polling stations in the area encountered problems like shortage ofballots or no ballots being delivered at all.
Indonesia’s election commission (KPU) said that all voting in the cases wasseen as invalid, and locals had to go to polling stations once again on April18 to vote.
Papua General Elections Commission (KPU Papua) headTheodorus Kossay said that the commission did not have enough time to send theballots to hundreds of polling stations on April 17. The Elections SupervisoryAgency recommended the election be postponed until April 18 from 7:00 to 13:00.
Data from KPU Papua showed that there were 744polling stations in Abepura and South Jayapura, with 88,425 registered votersin Abepura and 72,044 registered voters in South Jayapura.
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A voter casts his ballot at Jakarta polling station.
