Those who prefer casting their votes through local postal services can send their ballot papers to the Overseas Polling Station Working Committee (KPPSLN) before Feb 10, PPLN-Nairobi Head Maya Muhdar stated.
The total number of registered voters in Kenya, Uganda, Kongo, and Somaliland is recorded at 194, Muhdar remarked, adding that PPLN-Nairobi just sets up one polling station in Nairobi, the capital and largest city of Kenya.
Mobile ballot boxes are provided for voters residing in Uganda and Mombasa, Kenya, while the postal voting system is available for voters in Kongo and Somaliland, Muhdar told ANTARA on Monday.
The General Elections Commission (KPU) decided on July 2, 2023, that around 1,750,474 voters living abroad will cast their votes during the 2024 General Elections.
They will be served by 128 PPLNs and will cast their votes at 828 polling stations through 1,580 mobile voting boxes and 651 postal services.
The KPU also announced that the presidential and parliamentary elections will be held simultaneously across Indonesia on February 14.
The commission has officially set a 75-day election campaign period for the three pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates from November 28, 2023, to February 10, 2024.
All participating political parties and presidential contenders have pledged to conduct peaceful presidential and parliamentary elections.
As part of its efforts to make voters aware of the three candidate pairs' political pledges, the commission has decided to organize five rounds of debates ahead of the presidential election.
The first and second rounds were held on December 12 and December 22, 2023. The third round took place on January 7, 2024, while the fourth and fifth rounds will be held on January 21 and February 4, respectively.
The three pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates contesting the presidential election are Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD.
Baswedan and Iskandar have been nominated with the support of the NasDem Party, National Awakening Party (PKB), Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), and Ummat Party.
Meanwhile, Subianto and Raka have the backing of the Gerindra Party and a coalition of parties, including Golkar, National Mandate Party (PAN), Democratic Party, and Gelora Party.
Pranowo and Mahfud have the support of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), United Development Party, Perindo Party, and Hanura Party.
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Editor: Azis Kurmala
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