Ogan Komering Ulu Lacks 2,250 Vote Letters For The 2024 Regional Head Election

Workers carry out sorting and calculating the 2024 Pilkada ballots at the OKU KPU logistics warehouse. (ANTARA/Edo Purmana)

OKU - The General Election Commission (KPU) of Ogan Komering Ulu (OKU) Regency, South Sumatra recorded a shortage of 2,250 ballots for the needs of the 2024 Pilkada in the region.

OKU KPU chairman Rahmad Hidayat said that his party had completed the sorting and multiplicating process of ballots since Thursday, November 7.

He said that in the sorting and logistical calculation process, it was found that there was a shortage of ballots, including ballots damaged for the election of governors and regents with a total of 2,250 sheets.

The logistics that were not sent by the provider consisted of 922 pieces of governor election ballots and 40 pieces of damage.

Then, there was also a shortage of ballots for the regent election as many as 1,270 sheets and 18 ballots were damaged.

"For ballot damage, starting from opaque colors, there are ink graffiti, to bad paper cuts," he said in Baturaja, Antara, Sunday, November 10.

Regarding these findings, he asked the provider to immediately send the logistics shortage, both the regent and governor election ballots as needed.

He also asked for a schedule for the movement or distribution of ballots that was lacking so that supervision could be carried out to ensure that there were no equal errors.

"We hope that the shortage of ballots can be sent immediately by the provider considering that the stages of voting are getting closer, namely November 27, 2024," he said.