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Centro Escolar San Romilio, Santa Cruz Porillo, Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador
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Jennifer Long, a U.S. - El Salvador Sister Cities Network observer from Austin, Texas watches representatives from the three parties running in the Presidential election (FMLN, Salvador Sanchez Ceren; ARENA, Norman Quijano; UNIDAD, Tony Saca) set up.
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Party representatives assemble the ballot box.
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A poll worker counts ballots.
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U.S. - El Salvador Sister Cities Network observers Catie Johnston, Co-Sister Cities Coordinator in El Salvador, Ed Brylawski of Milford, Pennsylvania and Margaret de Rivera of Bangor, Maine, as well an ARENA observer, watch a poll worker count ballot
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A UNIDAD observer signs in to vote.
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An FMLN observer takes his ballot to the polling booth.
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An ARENA observer casts his ballot.
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A member of the National Police stationed at the polling station for Election Day receives his ballot.
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A police officer marks her ballot.
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A police officer dips his finger in indelible ink that signifies that he voted.
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ARENA voters arrive at the polls in a van hired by the party.
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A FMLN partisan arrives at the polls. She was required to remove her beret because it was judged that wearing it in to vote would amount to campaigning.
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Voters have their DUI's, national identity cards required to vote, pre-checked before entering the polling station.
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A woman points to her name on a list of voters registered at this station.
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Voters wait in line for their turn to vote.
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A voter takes his ballot to the voting booth.
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Supervisor observers from the FMLN and ARENA observe the voting as an old woman is helped to the voting booth by her daughter.
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Two women mark their ballots.
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A woman casts her vote as her child checks out U.S. - El Salvador Sister Cities Network observer Mike Berghoef, a professor at Ferris State University in mid-Michigan.
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A woman places her mother's DUI between her fingers just after her finger had been dipped in indelible ink. The daughter was allowed to vote by proxy for her mother.
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An old woman reacts to being photographed after voting.
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FMLN supporters leaving the polls in a truck hired by the party.
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Observers watch the counting of un-used ballots.
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A poll worker shows a ballot cast for the FMLN.
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U.S. - El Salvador Sister Cities Network observer Rachel Wyon, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, observes a ballot being awarded to ARENA.
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A dispute erupts over a ballot claimed by the FMLN, but contested by ARENA.
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Matters grow heated.
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The ballot is apparently awarded to ARENA.
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The count goes on.
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U.S. - El Salvador Sister Cities Network observers Ed Brylawski and Margaret de Rivera watch a poll worker tabulate the vote.
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The director of the polling station faxes results to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal.
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Catie Johnston answers a question at a press conference the day after the election at which the U.S. - El Salvador Sister Cities Network and Share, a similar solidarity organization whose members also observed the election, are represented. Members of the two delegations provide a backdrop.
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U.S. - El Salvador Sister Cities 2014 Election Observation Delegation: (left to right, front) Joaquin Chavez, Rachel Wyon, Esther Chavez, Margaret de Rivera, Ed Brylawski, Mike Berghoef, Cori Ring; (back) Jennifer Long, Adam Olson, Daniel Stein, Vic Hinterlang. Joaquin, Esther, Adam, Daniel and Cori observed in Cinquera, Cabanas.
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