At the voter registration centres of Lome, the queues are long, even after being open for three days. Prospective voters are eager to sign up in time for the upcoming legislative and local elections, being held by the end of the year. With missing printing paper, broken down machines and the ever-increasing crowds, some are forced to return to register to vote. "Yesterday, I was there, but as there were many people, and I have other things to worry about [...] I left again. But today, I came at six o'clock and [...] I received my card," explains Komlan Edoh, a carpenter. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES