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Originally Posted by hammerfan
Welcome back, V! How did it go?
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In response to HF's query in the 80s Horror tourney (no idea if anyone else is interested, but here goes...)
It was more or less a punishment. Summer's onset has this area sizzling. The daytime temperatures have soared to almost 45°C, and the polling booth was situated smack right in the middle of a big, long stretch of barren land. The poll party consisted of a Presiding Officer, and 3 Election Officers. Plus we had a battalion of CPF personnel to guard the place.
Polling started at 7 AM, and between 9 AM-12 AM we had the best attendance. After 12 30, they stopped coming - either because of the searing heat, or because of lack of interest. Polling closed at 3 PM. Overall, we had a 52% turnout.
After 11 AM, it got hot. The polling booth was a primary school, which had an asbestos-tiled roof, and the whole place basically turned into a giant oven. I drank 2 full flasks of chilled water, and didnt go to pee even once. Says something about the heat?
Left the place at 5 30 PM when the truck arrived to take the polling party away. I was dropped 4 kms (around 2.5 miles) away from there to the nearest Observer station, where they picked me up at 6 30 PM to report back to the Electoral Center back in the city.
By the time I got home at 8 30 PM, I was plenty sore, hot and my legs ached like hell. I had a long cold shower and slept like a log for 12 hours straight after that. Still sore a bit, but boy am I glad its over.
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http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15766154