Jakarta – The General Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) has actually stated that people who have actually evaluated positive for COVID-19 will be permitted to exercise their right to vote in the 2020 synchronised local head elections (pilkada).
Bawaslu will monitor the process so that COVID-19 clients can vote in the elections, chairman of Bawaslu, Abhan, said here on Friday.
Election officers will visit the clients either at their houses if they are undergoing independent isolation, or at hospitals, he informed.
” Those who evaluate favorable for COVID-19 will not lose their voting rights, and the KPU (General Elections Commission) need to continue to serve them,” Abhan said.
He stated that the voters will be served by election officers starting 12 p.m. WIB (Western Indonesian Requirement Time), or one hour prior to the close of ballot.
Citizens with body temperature exceeding 37.3 degrees will not be permitted to enter the polling stations (TPS), he included.
” Such voters will be offered unique booths in front of the polling stations and offered the very first chance to vote,” Abhan informed.
Bawaslu member Fritz Edward Siregar stated the system for COVID-19 voters has actually been regulated under KPU guideline, PKPU Number 6 of 2020.
The 2020 pilkada will be organized concurrently on December 9, 2020 in 270 regions in Indonesia, covering 9 provinces, 224 districts, and 37 cities.
An overall of 734 nominee pairs have actually registered as candidate pairs for the surveys.
Initially, the ballot day was slated for September 23, 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was held off to December 9, which is also the International Anti-Corruption Day.
The registration of the 2020 pilkada candidate pairs was conducted on September 4-6,2020 The KPU verified and announced the election individuals on September23 The marketing duration is slated to range from September 26 to December 5, 2020, or for 71 days.
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