Indonesian polls: Calls for review after 100-plus election workers, police die of exhaustion

JAKARTA (Bloomberg): The death from exhaustion of more than 100 Indonesian election workers and police officers during the world’s largest one-day vote has triggered calls for a review of the simultaneous presidential and legislative polls.

More than seven million workers were deployed as almost 245,000 candidates vied for about 20,000 posts, according to the General Elections Commission.