Voter registration deadline put back

Voter registration deadline put back

JAKARTA: The General Elections Commission (KPU) and Central
Statistics Agency (BPS) have agreed to push the voter
registration deadline back to December.

KPU member Anas Urbaningrum told The Jakarta Post on Thursday
that originally the KPU had requested the deadline to be in
October, but after both sides compromised, December was seen as
still providing enough time for the KPU to hold the elections as
scheduled.

"This will give us just enough time, and still allow us to
ensure accuracy in counting the voters and ballot papers for the
election," he said.

Anas said that the BPS had agreed to submit the necessary
demographic data in June of this year, while the provisional list
of voters would be completed between October and December.--JP