Mahfud Md Protests Simulated Ballot Papers, Only Two Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates, Here's the Look

Mahfud Md Protests Mock Ballot Papers with Only Two Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates, Here's How They Look

Dream - Vice Presidential candidate number 3, Mahfud Md, voiced his protest regarding the Presidential Election (Pilpres) voting simulation to the Chairman of the General Election Commission (KPU), Hasyim Asy'ari. In the ballot papers used for the presidential and vice presidential candidate simulation, only two pairs of candidate images were used. "I have already made corrections. Mr. Hasyim, the Chairman of the KPU, I have already complained, why is it like this?" said Mahfud as quoted from Liputan6.com, Thursday, January 4, 2024.

Mahfud Md Protests Simulated Ballot Papers, Only Two Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates, Here's the Look

Mahfud conveyed that the Chairman of the KPU has already explained that the incident will be corrected immediately. He revealed that the National Campaign Team (TPN) Ganjar-Mahfud proposed that the simulation be conducted with 4 pairs (of candidates).

"Then he said it was a simulation from ITB, and we will correct it, please fix it. At least 4 (candidate pictures), I said. If not 1, 2, 3, then 4. So that everything can be revealed. That is the official response from Mr. Hasyim to me."
"ujar Mahfud." translates to "said Mahfud."

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"Previously, PDIP Solo also criticized the design of the ballot paper used during the simulation. Liason Officer (LO) of PDIP Kota Solo, YF Sukasno, said that initially he requested a sample of the ballot paper used for the voting simulation from the KPU. The sample ballot paper was used for socialization purposes to the community. However, he found that the sample ballot paper for the 2024 presidential election only showed two pairs of presidential and vice-presidential candidates. "We requested samples, all of them, both for the presidential election, city-level DPRD, province, DPR RI, and DPD. But when I opened it, why is there only two columns for the presidential ballot paper," he said."

"My comment, the ballot for this simulation is misleading. Second, what is the motivation of the KPU in making this? If it is for cost-saving or efficiency, we can no longer talk about it, because the other simulation ballot papers are made for all 18 political parties. This is important, you know,"
Sukasno said.

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In response to the matter, Chairman of the General Election Commission (KPU) of Surakarta City, Bambang Cristanto, stated that the simulated ballot papers must not be the same as the real ones as they have the potential to be duplicated.

"That's just a simulation, if it's a real image then it's not allowed. Even for us, if the ballot has been submitted, we're not allowed to take a photo, afraid that it might be duplicated."
"ujar Bambang, Wednesday, January 3, 2023."

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Therefore, Cristanto explained that in the simulated voting ballot, there are no pictures of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates. "There are no photos, the party is also a fruit party, the number is also not a real number," he explained. Bambang explained that the ballot papers used by the Surakarta Election Commission for the simulation and socialization of the 2024 election in Baluwarti Village, Pasarkliwon District, are not designed by the Surakarta Election Commission.

"But the ballot paper is received by the Surakarta City KPU from the RI KPU. "In the letter from the RI KPU in 2023 that we received, one of them contains the design of five types of election ballot papers. We only implement," said Bambang."

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Mahfud Md Protests Mock Ballot Papers with Only Two Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates, Here's How They Look

"Then he said it was a simulation from ITB, and we will correct it, please fix it. At least 4 (candidate pictures), I said. If not 1, 2, 3, then 4. So that everything can be revealed. That is the official response from Mr. Hasyim to me.""ujar Mahfud." translates to "said Mahfud."

"That's just a simulation, if it's a real image then it's not allowed. Even for us, if the ballot has been submitted, we're not allowed to take a photo, afraid that it might be duplicated.""ujar Bambang, Wednesday, January 3, 2023."

"Then he said it was a simulation from ITB, and we will correct it, please fix it. At least 4 (candidate pictures), I said. If not 1, 2, 3, then 4. So that everything can be revealed. That is the official response from Mr. Hasyim to me."
"ujar Mahfud." translates to "said Mahfud."

"That's just a simulation, if it's a real image then it's not allowed. Even for us, if the ballot has been submitted, we're not allowed to take a photo, afraid that it might be duplicated."
"ujar Bambang, Wednesday, January 3, 2023."