Ballot paper counting

Ballot paper counting

From Republika

During the New Order era, we often read reports about the discovery of a number of ballot boxes containing marked ballot papers (usually for the opposition party) in forested or swampy areas in remote places of the country.

It was also open secret during the New Order era that ballot boxes containing ballot papers could easily be changed with other ballot boxes containing ballot papers marked in favor of a particular party in the polls.

It was standard practice in those days to send ballot boxes containing legally marked ballot papers and damaged ballot papers to a regency. In this case, nobody could ensure that the content of a ballot box taken to a regency contained exactly the legally marked ballot papers from a polling station.

To prevent rigging in the upcoming polls, the ballot boxes taken to a regency must contain only legally marked ballot papers from a polling station. The number of these legally marked ballot papers must be written down on the official report accompanying these boxes. Damaged ballot papers must be destroyed in front of legally appointed witnesses at a polling station and then an official report is made about this damaged ballot paper destruction.

SYOFYAN SORI

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