Avoid Election Violations! Know the 12 Prohibited Actions in the 2024 Election

Dini Wininta Sari, S.H.

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15 Feb 2024 · 07:41 15 February 2024 07:41 WIB 8 minutes reading time: 8 minutes 1 read

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Various actions that constitute criminal offenses in the General Election are outlined in this article

Avoid Election Violations! Know the 12 Prohibited Actions in the 2024 Election

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Election Violations in Indonesia
1. Election Violation: False Information in Filling Out Voter Registration Data
2. Election Violation: Village Heads Taking Actions to Benefit or Harm Election Participants During the Campaign Period
3. Election Violation: Committing Actions that Disrupt, Hinder, or Interfere with the Course of the Election Campaign
4. Election Violation: Conducting an Election Campaign Outside the Schedule Determined by the General Election Commission
5. Election Violation: Election Campaign Implementers Committing Violations of Campaign Prohibitions
6. Election Violation: Providing False Information in the Election Campaign Fund Report
7. Election Violation: Employers or Superiors Who Do Not Allow Their Employees to Vote
8. Election Violation: Causing Another Person to Lose Their Voting Rights
9. Election Violation: A Person Who Commits Threats, Violence or Authority in Order to Prevent Someone from Registering as a Voter in the Election
10. Election Violation: Setting the Number of Ballots Printed Exceeding the Determined Amount
11. Election Violation: Promising or Giving Money to Voters
12. Election Violation: Casting a Vote More Than Once
Handling Election Criminal Acts
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Legal Literacy - Indonesian democracy is being tested in the 2024 General Election due to numerous Election Violations. Recognize the various types of election violations and their criminal sanctions, ranging from providing false information and illegal campaigning to bribery and political corruption. Ensure that you vote wisely and report election violations to realize a clean and fair election!

Election Violations in Indonesia

The crucial phase of Indonesian democracy, occurring every 5 (five) years, takes place in 2023 to 2024, marked by the simultaneous election of legislative members (DPR RI, DPD RI, DPRD Provinsi, DPRD Kabupaten/Kota) and the election of the president and vice president (presidential election) on February 14, 2024. Various issues such as bribery, budget manipulation, corruption, trading of positions, and so on accompany the election implementation. Further elaborated are the acts of crime in the Election as a preventive and repressive measure for the future.

1. Election Violation: False Information in Filling Out Voter Registration Data

Article 488 of the Election Law explains that everyone must fill in data or provide honest, accurate, and truthful information in the voter registration process.

“Any person who intentionally provides false information about themselves or another person regarding a matter required for filling out the Voter list as referred to in Article 203, shall be subject to imprisonment for a maximum of 1 (one) year and a fine of a maximum of Rp. 12,000,000.00 (twelve million rupiah).”