Rain washes out Balikpapan polls

BALIKPAPAN, East Kalimantan: Dozens of polling stations in Balikpapan had to be relocated on Monday due to heavy rain here in order to salvage ballot papers and other poll materials.

One of the areas affected by rain was Manggar subdistrict, where poll committee members in two polling stations were seen busy transporting ballot papers and other documents from a two separate fields in the subdistrict to a house belonging to a local resident.

The incessant rain since early in the morning also prevented many people from coming to the stations.

At one polling station, for example, some 220 people were listed, but up until noon on Monday, only four people had voted. -- Antara