Thursday, May 30, 2019

India election: Poll staff brave crocodile and trek jungles to deliver one man one vote

The Times
By 10am on the first day of voting in India’s marathon general election, the village of Malogam had already recorded a turnout of 100 per cent.
Lying in the Himalayan foothills of Arunachal Pradesh state, near the borders with Burma and China, Malogam has one registered voter. Sokela Tayang, 39, arrived early at the tin shed serving as a polling station a month ago. She cast her ballot and her finger was marked with indelible ink...
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/india-election-poll-staff-brave-crocodile-and-trek-jungles-to-deliver-one-man-one-vote-ccv6qm8wg

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