Election Challenges in Border Communities After the Covid-19 Pandemic: Case Study in Riau Islands Province

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10.2991/978-2-38476-208-8_24How to use a DOI?

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Border Communities; 2024 Elections; Covid-19

Abstract

Communities living in the border area of the country must have their characteristics in various spaces, one of which is the political space. There are still many problems faced by border communities, especially related to electoral issues, where elections are used as an arena for issues of nationalism for the border communities themselves. This is important to research considering that the Simultaneous Election will take place in 2024. Coupled with the conditions after the Covid-19 pandemic which has facilitated border access again, it becomes an important issue in facing the upcoming 2024 Simultaneous Election. So how do you prepare for the elections in 2024, especially after the Covid-19 Pandemic? Therefore, the researcher got interested in seeing how the election challenges are for the border communities after the Covid-19 pandemic in the Riau Island Province. This study uses qualitative research so that it can provide depth in terms of research, this type of descriptive research also could provide an overview of how elections are in border communities. This research uses literature study techniques to obtain supporting study materials as well as interviews with relevant informants with FGDs or Focus Group Discussions to dig deeper to provide a more objective picture. The theory used is to use the theory of community needs. Goodin said that needs are not always absolute, but some components influence them, namely priority and relativity. The results of the research obtained were that the elections held during the Covid-19 Pandemic had an increase in voters as a result of restrictions on entry to other countries, but on the other hand, there was the death of one of the candidate pairs due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Meanwhile, after this pandemic, let alone entering preparations for the 2024 simultaneous elections, there are more than 10% (percent) of the population have started working outside the border or abroad, so there are concerns about low voter turnout. Not to mention, if voters vote overseas, it will result in voters not being able to elect representatives of the people other than the president and vice president according to their area of residence.

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AU  - Nadya Kharima
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/02/17
TI  - Election Challenges in Border Communities After the Covid-19 Pandemic: Case Study in Riau Islands Province
BT  - Proceedings of the International Seminar on Border Region (INTSOB 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 199
EP  - 207
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-208-8_24
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-208-8_24
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