THE CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES OF E-VERIFICATION AND E-VOTING ON SIMULTANEOUS VILLAGE HEAD ELECTIONS (PILKADES) IN PEMALANG REGENCY IN 2018

Abstract

Pemalang Regency is one regent first trial national who establish e-verification and evoting on Pilkades simultaneously and in 2018 in 172 villages. Method observation during the pilkades found that with e-ID card e-verification followed e-voting in practice is strongly influenced by use of technology local electronic based and networks. This study found several challenges influence the pilkades simultaneously in Pemalang Regency 2018 years, namely a lack of socialization and simulation government, unpreparedness the community, community limited infrastructure and support. The lack of socialization resulted in the process e-verification and e-voting in this when no pilkades with different pilkades that uses paper ballots, the difference the result is issued rapidly as pilkades after. Unpreparedness the community in Pilkades for 55 % of 50 over years old still stutter technology, thus the voters from outside to guide chambered sound. Unstable electricity to every village has to provide generator, and the effectiveness of the moment the networks operate generator power lines fell deeply affect the smoothness of Pilkades. Because there needs to be cooperation with the stakeholders: the local government, the voters, the committee/Pilkades officers, BPPT and PT. INTI as developing technology, and PLN. In terms of chances, the Pilkades simultaneously in Pemalang Regency in 2018 has found that accuracy and speed the Pilkades, the efficiency of the funds and the time, the integrity of the committee, elector of the privacy of the voting booth well maintained. It means operational the contraints to be covered by the integrity committee/officers and security system of keeping the votes voters behind the voting booth.