Winter Voter Check-in Menouf Gym Blue Hour

Cool blue twilight falls through high windows, mixing with the harsh white glare of fluorescent tubes overhead inside the Menouf town hall gymnasium. Paper leaflets flutter and stir across a long folding table where a voter leans forward to review a document. The checker, clad in a heavy winter coat, stands beside the table as city lights begin to glow through the glass panes behind them. Rough concrete floors reflect the overhead bulbs, and gusts of wind sweep from the open doors, lifting the edges of the forms. A stack of papers rests against a clipboard, its frayed edges visible under the stark illumination.