A polling centre is located near my place of work, and when I came in the morning the place was abuzz with activities. But by lunchtime, there’s an eerie silence: all 5 streams ready, with nobody in sight.

Since elections usually come up only once every few years, and the following set-up would only last 2 days at most, it’s an unmissable opportunity to take the following pictures:

Regarding the picture above, this is one of the streams. Voters have to pass thru the opening at top right. You can see the barriers being setup, which actually encircles the entire area. Near the top is the place for the polling clerks. Near bottom right is the place for polling agents. The desk on the left is for the presiding officer. Of course the white boxes near top left are the voting booths. The 2 desks in the middle are for the voting boxes.

This is the same place from another angle. The entrance is at the top. As you can see, anyone entering would be able to see the noticeboard, which has, among other things:
- reminder to be silent and to switch off handphones
- list of candidates and polling centres for the constituency, of which this polling station is one. Usually they use schools as polling stations; that would explain why schools are closed on Friday:

Two streams can be seen here:

The following is a closer view of two voting booths, with an SPR barrier tape on the foreground:

I am going back to the district of Tuaran to vote this afternoon, right after I’m done with these KVM switches.

Happy voting!

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