In several polling places, no election workers came at all.
The two election workers had been dragged from their car into the middle of the street.
Since early June, six candidates and five election workers have been killed, most of them in the south.
The military police are expected to provide security for election workers during the balloting.
Many election workers said they never tell their neighbors, friends or even family members what they do.
It has been said, also correctly, that the strain on election workers will be great.
The judge told election workers to stop handling the ballots and just ship them up exactly as they are.
Some election workers kept polls open late for them.
Wages received for service as an election worker, if less than $1,400 a year (in 2008).
The new machines seemed popular with voters and election workers.