One Day Before Regional Election Voting, Civil Registration Services Open Until 10 PM

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JAKARTA - The Jakarta Population and Civil Registration Service (Disdukcapil) has opened population services today or one day before the 2024 Pilkada voting day.

Head of the Jakarta Disdukcapil Budi Awaluddin said that the dukcapil counters that are operating until tonight are served at the sub-district, district, city, and agency levels. This is done to make it easier for people who need population services to exercise their right to vote.

"The service will be focused on the printing and recording process for new ID Cards, which will be directly related to the voting process," said Budi in his statement, Tuesday, November 26.

Meanwhile, on November 27, 2024 or the voting day, population services will remain open, starting from 08.30a.m. - 13.00p.m. Western Indonesian Time (WIB).

The DKI Jakarta Dukcapil Service will also provide outreach services on voting day for those celebrating their 17th birthday as new ID owners, totaling 458 people, in various areas in Jakarta.

"Although Wednesday, November 27, 2024 is designated as a National Holiday, we from the ranks of the DKI Jakarta Province Dukcapil Service will continue to work," said Budi.

"I urge all Dukcapil ranks to work together to help make the DKI Jakarta Pilkada a success. All Jakarta residents can take advantage of this opportunity to take care of population administration," he added.

On Monday, November 25, the ranks of the Regional Leadership Communication Forum (Forkopimda) along with the DKI Jakarta General Election Commission (KPU) and DKI Jakarta Bawaslu held a meeting to prepare for the 2024 Pilkada.

From the meeting, Acting (Pj) Governor of DKI Jakarta Teguh Setyabudi said that his party opened up the idea of ​​​​engineering the weather on the 2024 Pilkada voting day.

Considering, the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has issued a prediction of light to moderate rain on November 27, 2024 or on voting day.

"Based on the weather forecast from BMKG, the potential for rain for the 25th, 26th, 27th is actually moderate. However, we are currently observing the implementation of weather engineering from Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD)," said Teguh at the DKI Jakarta City Hall, Monday, November 25.

Teguh also instructed each regional apparatus organization (OPD) regarding vital preparations during the voting, such as monitoring the weather and mitigating flooding during the rainy season.