Bantul KPU Disrupts The Procurement Of TPS In Detention Centers

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The General Election Commission of Bantul Regency, Yogyakarta Special Region, proposed a special polling place (TPS) in several locations for the implementation of the 2024 Election in this area. Coordinator of the Planning, Data, and Information Division of the KPU Bantul Wuri Rahmawati said the KPU Bantul had coordinated with a number of relevant agencies to ensure whether to apply for special or not TPS. "So far there is a TPS application at a special location, including the Class IIB Bantul Detention Center in Pajangan and Yogyakarta Muhammadiyah University (UMY)," he said. According to him, according to KPU Regulation Number 7 of 2022 Article 179 paragraph (1) that KPU through district/city KPU can compile a list of voters in a special location. This list of voters who cannot use their voting rights at the polling day origin and will use their rights at a special location. "According to the application process mechanism aimed at the Indonesian KPU to be used as a special location TPS, the voter is concentrated in a place, and the number of voters can be formed at least one TPS. "Referring to KPU Regulation Number 7 of 2022 Article 15 paragraph three, the number of voters per TPS is at most 300 people," he said.