In his Side Note article (Catatan Pinggir) in Tempo Magazine March 31st, 2014, Goenawan Moehammad made an euphemism for those who do not vote (golput) as Bartleby. He took it from Herman Merville, Bartleby the Scrivener. He made an opening premise for his note that those who do not vote, as those who refuse but do not really refuse. Taking the story to make his point further, GM explore the absurdity of refusing but not really refuse by taking his opinion and comments on the story. Reading the whole article, in my opinion, Goenawan is trying to make a phylosophical discourse on absurdity of being the white group (golput). I do not mind of his discourse and even partly agree with his discussion that Bartleby is complicated. However, I do not agree with his early concluding premise that refusing by not refusing is golput. Golput is not always, "I would like to but I prefer not to". For me it is I refuse to because it is not what how I want it to be. The distinction is immin