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Old 04-17-2009, 08:25 AM
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Welcome back, V! How did it go?
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.

http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a...in_first_phase

http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15766154
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