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Court Asks Legislatures to Change Voting Method for Voters’ Right

JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) asked the legislatures to consider the adaptation of digital technology in the form of electronic voting in elections, which it believes would improve effectiveness and efficiency in a legitimate political contest. Such was…read more



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Counting of Single-Candidate’s Votes Based on DPT Unconstitutional

JAKARTA (MKRI) — The recapitulation of votes in regional elections with single-candidate based on the percentage of the final voters (DPT) will lead to legal uncertainty as it would cause varying standards of recapitulation and/or determination of the election between Article…read more



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Court Rejects Petition on Blank Vote in Regional Elections

JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) has decided to reject a petition by Herdi Munte and Missiniaki Tommi on several articles in the Regional Election Laws on Thursday, November 14, 2024. “[The Court] adjudicated, rejects the Petitioners’ petition in…read more



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Full Term Applies to Elected Regional Heads, Not Temporary Ones

JAKARTA (MKRI) — Article 162 paragraph (1) of the Pilkada Law is existing regulation for regional head candidates elected as definitive officials. This can be seen from the systematic arrangement of the norms, starting from Article 160 regulating the ratification and…read more



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Petition on the Regulation of Empty Box in Regional Election Inadmissible

JAKARTA, MKRI - The Constitutional Court ruled that Case Number 127/PUU-XXII/2024 regarding the judicial review of articles in Law Number 10/2016 on the Election of Governors, Regents and Mayors (Regional Election Law) cannot be accepted. According to the Court, the…read more



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Local Officials and Armed Forces to be Criminalized If Violating Election Neutrality

JAKARTA, MKRI - The Constitutional Court granted the petition for judicial review of Article 188 of Law Number 1 of 2015 on the Stipulation of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law Number 1 of 2014 on the Election of Governors,…read more



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Court Rejects Review on the Support Requirements for Individual Regional Head Candidates

JAKARTA, MKRI - The Constitutional Court has rejected the petition for judicial review of Law Number 10 of 2016 on the Second Amendment to Law Number 1 of 2015 on the Stipulation of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law Number…read more



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Existing Leave Regulation of Incumbent Regional Head Candidates Constitutional

JAKARTA, MKRI - The Constitutional Court (MK) rejected the petition of the Petitioners in Case Number 122/PUU-XXII/2024, which argued the importance of regulating the length and schedule of leave in Article 70 paragraph (3) of the Law on Regional Head…read more



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Blank Vote to Only Apply to Single-Candidate Regional Elections

JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) rejected the petition No. 125/PUU-XXII/2024 on the judicial review of several articles in the Law on the Election of Governors, Regents, and Mayors (Pilkada Law) as well as the Law on the Special…read more



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Single Candidate Ballot Design to be Revised Starting 2029

JAKARTA, MKRI—The Constitutional Court decided to partially grant Wanda Cahya Irani and Nicholas Wijaya's petition for judicial review of Law Number 10 of 2016 (Regional Election Law). The Petitioners questioned the design of the ballot papers for single-candidate elections, which…read more