LOGISTICS FOR ELECTION OVERSEAS READY FOR DISTRIBUTION

Jakarta, June 10 (ANTARA) - The logistics for the implementation of the July 8 presidential election in foreign countries are now ready for distribution, a General Elections Commission (KPU) official said.

KPU member Andi Nurpati said the KPU handed the logistics for the election overseas to the Foreign Affairs Ministry here on Tuesday. The goods consisted of ink, stamps, and ballot papers.

"The quantity of logistics handed to the foreign ministry matches the number of people mentioned in voter lists (DPTs) plus two percent for the overseas election committees (PPLNs)," Nurpati said.

She said the election logistics would be distributed to 117 overseas election committees.

The logistics would be sent by standard mail and delivery mail.

For the delivery by mail, Nurpati said, special officials from the PPLN would be tasked to deliver the logistics to plantation areas and companies where many Indonesian nationals are working.

"On election day on July 8, Indonesian voters abroad will not have a day off so we will use the method of delivery by mail," Nurpati said.

Especially for delivery by mail, the voting could be conducted either before July 8 or after the election logistics were received.

"Overseas voters with such a method can vote and then send the ballot papers back to the PPLN," she said, adding that the number of people in the voter lists abroad had declined from 1.4 million to 1.1 million. This had happened in Malaysia because many Indonesian migrant workers there have completed their work contracts and returned to Indonesia.***