Ggaba, Uganda—A policeman struggles to keep hold of a ballot box as hundreds of angry voters who had waited more than seven hours to cast a ballot surround him, February 18. Upon discovering that there were only ballots for choosing members of parliament, and none with which to vote for president, the crowd overpowered the police, destroyed the ballots, and the polling station had to be abandoned. The electoral commission said difficulties in transporting electoral materials caused the delays, but main opposition candidate Kizza Besigye’s supporters claimed the delays deliberately favored President Yoweri Museveni. Besigye was briefly detained towards the end of ballot counting on February 18 while trying to show reporters an alleged vote-rigging operation. The government also clamped down on access to social media on election day to stop people “telling lies,” Museveni said. The 71-year-old incumbent is attempting to extend his 30-year rule in a race widely seen as the tightest in the East African state's history.