Delay Voting

Voting in several regions of Jayapura have been delayed owing to a lack of materials.

“Besides in Abepura district, voting has been delayed in three subdistricts in South Jayapura district,”.

Election materials such as ballots and ballot boxes have been sent to KPU Jayapura 

but have yet to be distributed to the polling stations in the aforementioned areas.

Voters had been at polling stations since 7 a.m. local time,

but by the afternoon voting had not yet started.

“[Voting] is postponed until tomorrow morning

because the ballots and ballot boxes have not arrived,”

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At least 160,000 residents of two districts in Jayapura will vote in the general election on April 18 after logistical glitches on Wednesday, when

the country held the legislative and presidential election.
Residents who live in A and South Jayapura districts were forced to delay exercising their voting rights after

polling stations in the area encountered problems, such as incomplete ballots or

no ballots being delivered at all.  

Some voted in polling stations that provided less than the five required ballots.
All voting on the day was deemed invalid.

More than 160,000 registered voters in the two districts will have to go to polling stations once again on Thursday to vote.
Data from KPU Papua showed that :