The life-long leader of the golput, or "white group", which stands against voting in elections, may feel relieved. Arief Budiman can freely launch a golput campaign in the face of the 2004 General Election. Yet this campaign must not resort to violence and bribery to win followers.

Arief became anxious when he heard that campaigning against casting votes was punishable by imprisonment. The lecturer at Melbourne University, Australia, now vaca