Indonesia says 71 election workers have died from exhaustion

Running a voting process in Indonesia requires working around the clock to distribute, count and report hundreds of paper ballots that could last more than 12 hours after polling booths close. - Reuters

JAKARTA: Seventy-one people have so far died from exhaustion following the world’s largest single-day election in Indonesia last week, according to the government.

Some 4,000 others fell sick between Feb 14 and Feb 18 due to fatigue after helping run the Feb 14 election, Hasyim Asy’ari, chairman of the nation’s poll body said in a press conference in Jakarta on Monday (Feb 19).