Indonesia prepares for mega polls

By Agence France-Presse

Feb 14, 2024 12:12 am

BANDAR LAMPUNG, Indonesia: Indonesia will hold one of the world's biggest one-day elections next week — a mind-boggling feat that involves shifting votes by boat, plane and horseback across the vast archipelago of more than 278 million people.

On Wednesday, nearly 205 million will be eligible to vote in presidential, parliamentary and regional polls in just six hours of voting, with officials preparing for possible rainy season downpours, cyberattacks and fraud.

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