Criminalising golput

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Kompas – February 25, 2014
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Criminalising golput
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Activists have slammed a General Elections Commission plan to criminalise campaigning for golput (abstaining or invalidating a vote) ahead of this year’s legislative and presidential elections. With the same tired-old establishment faces dominating the list of candidates, the Election Supervisory Committee has warned that the number of youth voters that would golput could reach 50% or more.

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