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KPU, campaign teams to finish electoral roll screening today

Andra Wisnu , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Tue, 07/07/2009 1:37 PM | Presidential Election

A blue border: A worker paints a blue border for a polling booth Tuesday at Sekolah Alam grounds in Cikeas, near the residence of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Blue is the color of Yudhoyono’s party. Indonesians will elect their next president on Wednesday. JP/ J. Adiguna

A blue border: A worker paints a blue border for a polling booth Tuesday at Sekolah Alam grounds in Cikeas, near the residence of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Blue is the color of Yudhoyono’s party. Indonesians will elect their next president on Wednesday. JP/ J. Adiguna





The General Elections Commission (KPU) and the team assigned by Jusuf Kalla and Megawati Soekarnoputri campaign teams to assist the commission with the screening of the electoral roll promised Tuesday they would finish the job by days end.

Zulfikar, from the Kalla campaign team, said the KPU and the campaign teams were working hard to fix the problematic electoral roll, adding the teams were currently striking off multiple entries and the corresponding identification numbers.

“That’s the hard part actually, because we’ve found dozens of identical people listed at different polling stations all across the nation,” he said.

“We haven’t even crossed them off yet, because we’re still compiling the list.”

Asked why the teams were still working on the electoral roll despite the recent Constitutional Court ruling to allow citizens to use their ID cards to vote, Zulfikar said the teams’ findings was not meant to look for mistakes at the KPU.

“We’re simply ensuring every citizen is granted the right to vote, because by taking out multiple entries, we decrease the number of ghost voters and give the rightful people their chance to vote,” he said.

He added the teams planned to announce their findings at around 4 p.m. Tuesday at the KPU office on Jl. Imam Bonjol, Central Jakarta.

KPU member I Gusti Putu Artha confirmed Zulfikar’s statement.

“The screening will be useful for the next election,” he said.
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