Indonesian election staff died from overworking during polls

Indonesian election staff died from overworking during polls

It was dubbed the world's biggest single day elections as 80% of 264 million Indonesians cast their ballots on April 17.In a bid to cut cost, the election commission of the Southeast Asian nation opted to combine the presidential vote with national and regional parliamentary votes - the first of its kind in Indonesia.But the move came with a price because more than 272 election staff have died due to overwork. The workers who had to work throughout the clock had to also manually count the ballots.