Indonesia carries election boxes and ballots by boat, motorcycle, horse and on foot. Associated Press reporting on the 2024 election documented the effort to reach a population spread across roughly 17,000 islands. Election-day photo reporting then showed voters waiting in line at polling stations despite heavy rain.
At the end of a long journey across the sea, people form a local sequence. An election in a vast archipelago is completed where a box delivered from afar meets voters moving forward one by one.