IT Not Just Necessity but Solution in Elections

With the complexity of elections in Indonesia and the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, the use of information technology is not just a necessity but as a solution.

KOMPAS/YUNIADHI AGUNG

The vote counting process for the 2019 General Election at the 052 Polling Station, Petukangan Selatan Village, Pesanggrahan District, South Jakarta, Wednesday (17/4/2019)..

Elections in Indonesia are well known as not only the most complicated, but the largest in the world. Starting from the 2019 election, there are five ballot boxes with three different systems for the election of the president, Regional Representatives Council (DPD), the House of Representatives and Regional Legislative Councils (DPRD) in provinces, regencies or municipalities. The elections will be held in one day with more than 190 million voters.

As a result of this complexity, in 2019, 894 organizers at the level of the polling station working committees (KPPS), the district election committee (PKK) and the voting committee (PPS) died and a further 5,175 others fell sick. It was believed to be caused by a combination of fatigue during the vote counting and tiered vote recapitulation combined with existing comorbidities.