2.3 Million Voters Not Vote In 2019, North Sumatra Governor Asks For An Enthusiastic 2024 General Election

Illustration of the 2024 General Election

MEDAN - Of the 9.8 million voters, 2.3 million people did not exercise their rights in the 2019 General Election. For this reason, the Governor of North Sumatra (North Sumatra) Edy Rahmayadi asked the public to carry out the 2024 General Election to the maximum.

He said, the community participated in the matching and research process (coklit) carried out by voter data updating officers (panterlih) to facilitate simultaneous elections in 2024.

Edy Rahmayadi said that in Medan, Wednesday, the bankruptcy process is very easy to do, according to him, the public only needs to fill out the personal data form provided by the officers and prepare a family card.

"It's not complicated, it's just for a moment, so people follow the procedure to fill out the form, prepare a Family Card and provide real data," he said.

The former Kostrad Commander also advised the North Sumatra KPU to pay attention to areas that do not exercise their voting rights. In the 2019 Presidential Election, North Sumatra's Permanent Voter List was around 9.8 million, but only 7,524,301 voters exercised their voting rights.

"We continue to strive so that our voters will maximize the number in 2024, this is not an easy task, but we must work hard," he said.

Edy Rahmayadi also advised the North Sumatra Provincial Government OPD to coordinate with the panterang and KPU officers in the data validation process. That way, it is unlikely that data errors or discrepancies will occur in determining the 2024 General Election Fixed Voter List (DPT).

"The regional services in the North Sumatra Provincial Government must also cooperate with the KPU and pantarih in terms of data validation, so that our data is more accurate, minimizing data errors," he said.