An Indonesian electoral worker prepares ballot in the boxes to be distributed to polling stations in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. The world鈥檚 third-largest democracy is gearing up to hold its legislative and presidential elections on April 17. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
JAKARTA, Indonesia 鈥� When Indonesians vote in presidential and legislative elections next week, they鈥檒l be wrestling with choices affecting their country鈥檚 future, and ballot papers as big as giant posters.
The super-sized documents, some too big to fit unfolded inside the voting booths, are causing complaints as well as worries that elderly voters will struggle with them.
The voting paper for the Senate covered more than half the body of a woman who held it up at a polling simulation exercise held by the election commission on Wednesday.
A Jakarta woman, Siti Nuria, said, 鈥淲hy can鈥檛 this vote be made simpler? It will be very troublesome for the elderly to vote and in folding them back up.鈥� /gsg