how did you give your vote for the last election April 9?
By siZidni
@siZidni (1860)
Indonesia
April 19, 2009 6:18am CST
i wonder how you people gave the vote (contreng).
i prefer to tick mark on the name of legislative candidate's name instead of tick mark on the party's name.
honestly i didn't even know who were they registered as legislative candidates, i avoid to tick mark the party's name since my vote will go to the candidates number 1. while i have a name in my own.
at my place most of people tick marked on the party's name.
how about you guys?
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8 responses
@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
19 Apr 09
Well, our elections were back in November but I never check the party name. I vote for the candidate, not the party. I wouldn't be a party member at all but if I'm not, I can't vote in the primaries and help choose a candidate. I don't know why I bother, actually, I'm convinced that all our elections are fixed and the only reason we vote is to fool us into thinking we have a voice.
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@siZidni (1860)
• Indonesia
19 Apr 09
thx Dragon, i realized that in your country there are only 2 parties involved in the election, isn't it true?
here in indonesia, there are a lot of parties involved in the election of legislative candidates, in your case it's called senator, is that right?
did you give your vote last election? were you happy with the result?
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@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
19 Apr 09
I am very unhappy with the way our election turned out. I didn't like either of the candidates for president so I think I would be unhappy whoever won.
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@Dasari100 (3791)
• Anantapur, India
22 Apr 09
I am not going to give my vote in my place so after two days we need to go for vote but i haven't got voter identity in country so once month ago i applied for that one , next month i am going to get my vote card.
@Dasari100 (3791)
• Anantapur, India
22 Apr 09
The sad news is that, i haven't got vote card till now and i think i may get in the next month, which one do you selected in your place my friend.
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... I don't think I'm able to give you even a hint 
. I do vote but I'm disappointed that none under 25 woman candidate to "contreng" 
all above 40 in my area!!!@siZidni (1860)
• Indonesia
19 May 09
really? i see some of candidates in jakarta selatan are below 40 yrs. i agree with you that we have to choose more and more youngster for the legislative. but i do not agree for the gender discrimination. well yes it's a secret. and i appreciate your secret.
:)
@masata (408)
• Indonesia
19 May 09
I was not giving vote for legislative election on the last April. I was overseas and my name was not registered. People like me may have difficulty to vote due to high mobility and sometimes I just don't have time to get authorization letter to vote at another region. I wonder in the future if we can vote by just showing our passport or identity card.
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@dik_an (475)
• Malaysia
14 Jul 09
i did it at TPS malaysia, because I'm living here, so for us who live in overseas we will have one vote only for selected area (mine was to vote for Jakarta Selatan). So, I was thick at the party logo because I'm not really know all the candidates. I was very happy at that time because it was my first vote in my life :D Nice topic, happy mylotting!
@anangf (1146)
• Indonesia
26 May 09
The time have passed, but i want give some opinion on this,lol.
There a reason why people very interesting became legislative candidated, almost all of them did not the perspective of indonesian culture, yet. The main reason why this people want to be candidate is about money.
Big earn if being election is so interesting.. So, i think the trend is about change to their own life! not for other, not for us! hahaha, that's all. happy mylotting..
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@siZidni (1860)
• Indonesia
26 May 09
if that so, we shouldn't bother to elect them. since we all know that how much they will be paid from salary. it doesn't match with how much money they spent for the campaign. then what kind of money do they expect from? corruption? well. that's very bad
@Vet_Beginner (138)
• Indonesia
30 Apr 09
i was begadang at befor the election for job, so i was white party means not choosing anyone.
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@isakuiki (95)
• Indonesia
19 Apr 09
right now i am staying at Jogjakarta, and my id card not belongs to Jogjakarta, so i am not register as the one who can give vote. Honestly i want give my vote to one of the party but it take expensive cost to go my home at Denpasar.
@siZidni (1860)
• Indonesia
19 Apr 09
i feel sorry to you. but i think you should have given your vote on that day. since we don't have to give vote at the place where our id belongs. here i see my neighbours, he has other area id. but he could give vote here where he is living at the moment.
so i think you should have been able to give vote too.
for the presidential election i suggest you not to miss again.
be proactive to ask to your Pak RT to input your name into DPT.
