Sosialisasi Dan Edukasi Politik Dalam Pesta Demokrasi Pemilihan Umum 2024 Kepada Masyarakat Desa Rodaya Kalimantan Barat
Authors: Abunawas Abunawas 
Published: July 2024

Pemilihan umum (Pemilu) adalah pesta demokrasi bangsa Indonesia, yang menitikberatkan kekuasaan sepenuhnya di tangan rakyat, melalui wakil-wakilnya yang duduk di legislatif baik di pusat maupun daerah provinsi dan kabupaten/kota. Calon-calon pemilih tetap untuk pemilu 2024, telah didaftarkan pada kantor desa yang tersebar di seluruh provinsi di Indonesia. Pembelajaran politik bagi masyarakat Indonesia, merupakan tanggung jawab pemerintah melalui badan pengawas pemilu (bawaslu) dan panwaslu (panitia pengawas pemilu) yang berada di wilayah kabupaten dan kecamatan. Kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat  (PKM) terkait sosialisasi dan edukasi politik dalam pesta demokrasi Pemilu 2024 ini, bertujuan untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan dan pemahaman masyarakat sehingga dapat berpartisipasi aktif secara kualitatif dan kuantitatif dalam pemilu 2024. Kegiatan ini dihadiri oleh sebanyak 30 orang peserta yang merupakan daftar pemilih tetap dari desa Rodaya, masing-masing dari kampung Baya, Segiro dan Sedane. Kegiatan dilakukan dengan metode ceramah dan diskusi terkait teknis dalam pemilu 2024 serta etika bersikap di media sosial demi terselenggaranya pemilu yang aman dan damai tanpa konflik yang berarti antar sesama konstituen atau pemilih. Berdasarkan monitoring selama kegiatan dan evaluasi di akhir kegiatan menunjukkan partisipasi masyarakat dalam kegiatan ini sangat tinggi, rasa keingintahuan serta keberhasilannya dalam menyimak materi yang disampaikan terindikasi pada jawaban-jawaban yang diberikan sangat memuaskan. Sebanyak 5 pertanyaan uraian yang diberikan secara tertulis mampu dijawab oleh ke 30  peserta kegiatan tersebut.
Socialization and Political Education in the 2024 General Election Democracy Party for the People of Rodaya Village, West Kalimantan
 General elections (Pemilu) are a democratic celebration of the Indonesian nation, which emphasizes complete power in the hands of the people, through their representatives who sit in the legislature both at the center and in provincial and district/city areas. Prospective voters for the 2024 general election have been registered at village offices spread across all provinces in Indonesia. Political learning for the Indonesian people is the responsibility of the government through the election supervisory body (bawaslu) and panwaslu (election supervisory committee) located in the districts and sub-districts. Community service activities (PKM) related to socialization and political education in the 2024 election democratic party, aim to increase public knowledge and understanding so that they can actively participate qualitatively and quantitatively in the 2024 election. This activity was attended by 30 participants who were part of the voter list remains from Rodaya village, each from Baya, Segiro and Sedane villages. Activities were carried out using lecture and discussion methods related to technical matters in the 2024 election as well as ethical behavior on social media in order to hold safe and peaceful elections without significant conflict between fellow constituents or voters. Based on monitoring during the activity and evaluation at the end of the activity, it showed that community participation in this activity was very high, their curiosity and success in listening to the material presented was indicated by the answers given which were very satisfying. A total of 5 descriptive questions given in writing were able to be answered by the 30 participants in the activity.