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Five political parties in the Special Committee for the New Elections Law, which are the Democrat Party, the Grand Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra), Unity and Development Party (PPP), National Mandate Party (PAN), and National Democrat Party (NasDem), are optimistic that …

Four political parties in the Special Committee for the New Elections Law Bill are pessimistic about the implementation of electronic device for the 2019 Concurrent National Elections. The four parties are: Golongan Karya (Golkar), Justice and Prosperity Party (PKS), Democracy …

The issue of election system has been a source of fierce debate during discussions and meetings regarding the content of the new Election Law Bill. There are at least three political parties, they are Indonesian Democracy Party-Struggle (PDI-P), Golkar Party, …

The Election Commission (KPU) asks the government to include a law that guarantees election institutional enhancement in the new Election Law Bill. One of the ways to enhance KPU’s institution is by promoting commissioners of KPU to be state officials …

After being postponed for a week, the Voters List for the Local Elections in West Sulawesi is finally published on December 16 2016. There are 840.091 voters on the list. The total registered voters is smaller than the total voters …

During the meeting session to discuss the Election Law Bill, members of the Parliament debated whether they should restore the voting rights of military/police members. Members from the Democrat Party and Gerindra Party questioned whether it is the right move …

The Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) won the Silver Open Government Awards for its API Pemilu initiative which deemed successful in increasing public engagement and participation in election process with data transparency and openness. The Award was given by …

There are 7.734.485 registered voters in the Province of Banten for the 2017 Local Elections. 216.647 of them are first-time voters, while the other 4.482 are voters with disability. There are also 88.599 voters registered as potential voters without electronic-Resident …

The Election Commission (KPU) of West Sulawesi delays the finalization of the Voters List in the area. The KPU decided to delay the finalization after receiving recommendation from the Election Monitoring Body (Bawaslu). “There are cases in several voting locations …

During a plenary meeting session with the Special Committee for the new Elections Law Bill, the Election Monitoring Body (Bawaslu) asks the Government to make Election Monitoring Committees (Panwaslu) at the regency/municipality level permanent bodies as mandated in the Bill. …