Polling Station in North Tabanan

Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia

Fuji S2 digital, Nikon 12-24

One problem in Tabanan was the lack of witnesses from both parties in the polling stations. The SBY organization made a big push over the summer to increase the number of witnesses. In Tabanan, however, there were very few SBY witnesses, much the same as in the first round, allegedly because of intimidation by pro-PDI-P (Megawati's party) officials.

This polling station, uniquely among all the TPS's we visited on 20 September, had one witness (saksi) representing each of the candidates. They seemed to be friends, too.