<![CDATA[Articulates the essence of integrity-based and dignifiedelections in a democratic state governed by the rule of lawand proposes governance reforms through a reorientationof the recruitment of election administrators particularlythe Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) to ensure thesubstantive legitimacy of electoral outcomes. Employinga normative legal research method with a statutoryapproach to Article 128 of Law No. 7 of 2017 on GeneralElections and a conceptual approach grounded in theprinciples of impartiality, accountability, andmeritocracy, this study finds that, in the post-Reformasiera, Indonesia’s elections have become increasingly free,honest, and fair, yet remain shadowed by vote-buying,abuse of power, disinformation, unequal access toinformation, weaknesses in data protection, anddisparities in access for vulnerable groups. An evaluationof recruitment practices indicates that a mixed modelopen selection with civil-society participation strengthensaccountability, but centralized selection risks enablingabuse of power and neglecting the diversity of localcontexts.]]>
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