The Night Before Election
When I volunteered to help out DAP during this round of elections, a lot of people predicted that I’ll be roughing it out in a shack 30 meters from the polling station monitoring the situation.
Reality, I found out tonight that I will be right in the middle of the battle field. I had signed up to be a polling agent and after that staying back to monitor the vote count.
I had to attend a final briefing tonight where they told us of the rules and regulations. Amongst them, no cell phones (bummer), formal attire which means no jeans and T-shirts (aw man!). But most of all, keep our eyes peeled throughout the whole proceedings and watch the officers on duty.
Politics is a dirty business, after all. It’s a good thing our team captain is a very experienced man with 4 general elections under his belt.
We actually have the power to question anything that goes on during the proceedings if we feel the need to. This is a huge responsibility, considering the ambition of the opposition this year, which is to retake Penang.
Yeah, we’re so gonna bury BN this year.
As a side note, that huge crowd that turned up for BN’s concert and ceramah the other night were not all locals. Sources said they chartered about 20 buses to ferry supporters from out of state. Phantom supporters?
It’s gonna be a long day tomorrow. But if I’m not too tired, I’ll update the blog when I get home.
I don’t think the counting will go on until the wee hours of the morning, though. I know one year my dad was a counting agent, it lasted all night and into the morning.
