Entering The Detention Center, KPU Socializes The 2024 Election To Prisoners In Kudus

Kudus Regency KPU member Ahmad Kholil when delivering the socialization at the Class II B Detention Center Kudus, Monday (4/12/2023). ANTARA/Akhmad Nazaruddin Lathif.

JATENG - The General Election Commission (KPU) Kudus socialized the procedure for exercising voting rights in the 2024 General Election for inmates or prisoners at the Kudus State Detention Center (Rutan), Monday, December 4.

"The socialization of the 2024 General Election against inmates is important because they also have the right to vote and later a special polling place (TPS) will be provided at the Kudus Detention Center," said Kudus Regency KPU member Ahmad Kholil after the socialization at the Kudus Detention Center, Monday, December 4, was confiscated by Antara.

For this reason, he continued, they need to be given socialization in order to find out the procedures for voting with the choice of presidential and deputy candidates according to their conscience, so that later they will get the leader as expected.

The material presented is the day for voting, electoral districts (dapil) for the selection of legislative members, the number of ballots that will be obtained later, the procedures for voting, and others.

Based on data from residents assisted by the Kudus Detention Center, there are currently 188 people, 183 people who have the right to vote, while others do not have the right to vote because they are still children.

He also invited inmates who have the right to vote to participate by coming to the TPS on February 14, 2024, to distribute their voting rights.

Meanwhile, TPS officers at the Kudus Detention Center will later become employees at the Kudus Detention Center, according to the rules for the number of members of the Voting Organizing Group (KPPS) for the 2024 General Election as many as seven people.

The head of the Class II B Rutan Kudus Solichin positively welcomed the socialization of the 2024 General Election, considering that the information received by the inmates was also limited.