Poll registration period extended

Poll registration period extended

JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Provincial Elections Committee (PPD
I) has extended the final voter registration period from May 5 to
May 11, to give another chance for eligible voters in the capital
to sign up.

PPD I chairman Djafar Badjeber said on Tuesday that the
decision was taken based on instructions from the General
Elections Commission (KPU) received two days earlier.

"I hope more and more eligible voters will make use of the
chance. The number of registrants in the city is already
excellent, with more than four million people registered," he
said.

As of Tuesday morning, PPD I had recorded 4,768,057 registered
voters for the June 7 general election, the first since the end
of Soeharto's 32-year rule.

Unlike the previous general elections, the upcoming poll
allows people from outside Jakarta to register and vote in the
capital.

Thus, voters registered here are expected to exceed the
official number of 5.8 million eligible voters in the city. (ind)