Indonesia election: More than 270 election staff die counting votes
More than 270 election workers in Indonesia have died, mostly of fatigue-related illnesses caused by long hours of work counting millions of ballot papers by hand, an official says.
Arief Priyo Susanto, spokesman of the General Elections Commission (KPU), said 1,878 other staff had fallen ill.
Some seven million people were helping count and monitor the 17 April vote.
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This is hard to fathom. Perhaps, this is why India divides their election into phases, Indonesia should think about doing that.
