Indonesia Considers Electronic Voting After 550 Die of Exhaustion
- Government studying e-voting in India, South Korea: minister
- Indonesia held presidential, legislative polls last month
A woman casts her ballot in Banda Aceh on April 25, 2019.
Photographer: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images
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Indonesia is exploring dumping paper ballots for electronic voting machines after more than 550 election workers and security officers died from exhaustion following the world’s largest one-day vote, a senior minister said.
The government will discuss the findings of an official team that studied the use of electronic voting machines in India and South Korea with the General Elections Commission and the parliament, Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo said in a text message on Tuesday. Any proposal to switch to voting machines will need consultation among political parties, communities and the public, he said.