Problematika Dukungan Masyarakat Pada Calon Dalam Tahapan Kampanye Pemilihan Umum

Abstract

Based on Undang-undang Nomor 7 Tahun 2017 tentang Pemilihan Umum, campaign is defined as the activities of election participants or parties appointed by election participants to convince voters by offering a vision, mission, program and/or self-image of election participants, to be able to carry out campaigns, campaigners and campaign teams must be registered with the KPU, but the problems are many. the community, volunteers or sympathizers who participate in carrying out the campaign without registering with the KPU which results in the campaign implementer not being bound by the campaign ban so that the election organizers, especially Bawaslu, cannot take action if there is a violation of the campaign prohibition that has been set. This paper aims to describe how the mechanism for implementing the campaign stages and the causes of community supporters of candidates who carry out campaigns do not register in the KPU.