Even Pocong can Vote

The verification of voter data has met with numerous difficulties. In fact, the computerized system causes the field survey to last longer.

November 19, 2013

His name is Pocong. This 61-year-old man lives in Pangkalan Batu village, Singkawang, West Kalimantan. In the permanent voters list launched by Singkawang's General Elections Commission (KPU), this rubber tapper whose name is an Indonesian word for a type of shrouded ghost was registered as a resident with voting rights for the 2014 general election.

The Singkawang KPU formed a verification team to check the accuracy and the genuineness of the nam

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