Pilpres 2014, Pemilih di Luar Negeri Lebih Dulu Nyoblos 4-6 Juli 2014
Presidential Race, Indonesian Citizens Overseas to Give Votes Earlier
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Pemungutan suara untuk Pemilu Presiden dan Wakil Presiden bagi warga Indonesia di luar negeri berlangsung lebih awal dari pemilu di dalam negeri pada 4-6 Juli 2014.
Komisi Pemilihan Umum (KPU) Pusat telah mengeluarkan Surat Keputusan tentang Hari dan Tanggal Pemungutan Suara untuk luar negeri di 130 Panitia Pemilihan Luar Negeri (PPLN).
"Jadwal pelaksanaan pemungutan suara untuk luar negeri sudah kami tuangkan dalam SK KPU Nomor 462/Kpts/KPU/Tahun 2014 tentang Hari dan Tanggal Pemungutan Suara untuk Pilpres 2014 di 130 PPLN," kata Komisioner Ferry Kurnia Rizkiyansyah di Jakarta, Kamis.
Dalam SK tersebut, meskipun pelaksanaan pemungutan suara di luar negeri lebih awal, penghitungan perolehan suara pemilih di luar negeri berlangsung serentak dengan di dalam negeri, yaitu pada Rabu, 9 Juli.
Fasilitas "Early Voting" tersebut diberikan di hari libur, agar WNI di luar negeri tetap dapat hadir ke tempat pemungutan suara luar negeri untuk menggunakan hak suara mereka.
Jakarta (B2B) - The Indonesian citizens overseas will vote for the Indonesian presidential elections on July 4--6, 2014 earlier than the July 9 presidential elections in the country, a general election commissioner said.
The General Elections Commission (KPU) has issued a letter of decision regarding the polling date for Indonesias overseas election committees (PPLN) in 130 countries.
"We have regulated the overseas polling schedule for PPLN in 130 countries through a KPU decree No. 464/Kpts/KPU/Year 2014," KPU Commissioner Ferry Kurnia Rizkiyansyah said here on Thursday.
He said that the decree regulated that although the polling would be held earlier, the counting of the votes would be carried out simultaneously with those in the country on Wednesday, July 9.
Based on the early voting facility, the election will be held on days off so that Indonesian citizens abroad will be able to attend the polling stations overseas to cast their votes.
Indonesia will be organizing a free and democratic presidential election on July 9, 2014, which will be contested by only two pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates: Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa and Joko Widodo (Jokowi)-JK.
