Recall on Village Heads Election: An Election Law Reform
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This study aims to analyze the model of holding village head elections between times with a case study in Reban Village, Reban District, Batang Regency. This study uses a qualitative method with a sociological juridical approach(Dawkins et al., 2019). The results of this study indicate that: 1). Inter-village head election procedures in Reban Village, Reban District, Batang Regency are in accordance with the mandate of Article 47 of Law Number 6 of 2014 concerning Villages. However, referring to Article 45 of Government Regulation No. 43 of 2014 there are stages of selection that are not yet in accordance with technical rules: a). The holding of the election exceeds the specified time limit. Limitations of technical guidelines become the main obstacle b). Funding for the election is still fully burdened to the candidates for village heads. 2). The mechanism for electing village heads over time through a voting model with a representative system. Voters who have the right to vote are every family head who lives in Reban Village, proven by a Family Card. Elections are democratic with a turnout of 94.9%.
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Kurnianto, A. W., & Kusumo, R. A. (2020). Recall on Village Heads Election: An Election Law Reform. Journal of Law and Legal Reform, 1(2), 201-214. https://doi.org/10.15294/jllr.v1i2.35406
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Stutzer, A., Baltensperger, M., & Meier, A. N. (2019). Overstrained citizens? The number of ballot propositions and the quality of the decision process in direct democracy. European Journal of Political Economy, 59(May), 483–500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2019.05.008
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Zhang, J., Gan, L., Xu, L. C., & Yao, Y. (2014). Health shocks, village elections, and household income: Evidence from rural China. China Economic Review, 30, 155–168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2014.06.006