The Constitutional Court revised Monday articles in the 2008 law on presidential election, allowing unregistered voters to produce their ID cards to vote in the July 8 polls.

The Court required the voters to register with the polls committee at their respective subdistricts by producing their family cards. ID card holders can cast ballots only one hour before the voting closes at the earliest, while passport holders have one hour before the voting winds up at the latest.

Presidential candidates Jusuf Kalla and Megawati Soekarnoputri had demanded the General Elections Commission (KPU) allow unregistered voters to vote simply by showing their ID cards, citing millions of eligible voters who miss out from the KPU's permanent electoral roll. KPU refused to comply with the request for fear it would violate the presidential election law.

Kalla leads the Golkar Party, while Megawati chairs the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), which controls the House of Representatives that passed the flawed law.