2024 is a political year in Indonesia. General elections will be held in February 2024. Reporting from the kpu.go.id website, there are 204.8 million voters in the KPU data who are entitled to vote in 2024.
The data already includes the number of gen Z which is included in the voter data as a beginner voter. Considering this, Tular Nalar 3.0 collaborated with Faculty of Social and Political Science(FISIP) University of Sumatera Utara (USU) to organize a Sekolah Kebangsaan that provides direction for all novice voters on how to vote, where to get accurate and credible information about elections, and who can vote according to laws and regulations.
The event was held at FISIP USU hall which was attended by the Dean of FISIP USU, Dr. Hatta Ridho,S.Sos., MSP, Communication Science Lecturer Moulita, S.Sos., M.A., and Yovita Sabarina Sitepu, S.Sos., M.Si. as the chief executive. This activity was accompanied by 10 facilitators, namely Rachel, Yasmin, Fadli, Anastasya, Adi,rnDavid, Putri, Nasha, Kesya, and Daniel Adiw.
Beginner voters seemed very enthusiastic about participating in this event, this can be seen from the number of participants who exceeded the committee’s target of 130 participants(target 100 participants).
Through this activity, Yovita as the PIC hopes that after this Tunar Nalar (TN) activity, hopefully the participants can transmit the knowledge they have gained regarding hoax sensing to their friends, relatives, and family. They can detect whether information received on social media is a hoax or not. In addition, because this is in the context of the election, so with this activity the spread of hoaxes during the election can be reduced. And Gen Z also actively participates in the democratic party, both by exercising their voting rights and maintaining a democratic climate that has minimal political hoaxes.