Man overseeing Lebanon vote frets about disruptions, vote buying

A man rides a motorbike near an electoral campaign sign that reads "Beirut needs a heart" ahead of the parliamentary election that is scheduled for May 15, in Beirut Lebanon April 18, 2022. Picture taken April 18, 2022. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Leaving his office this week, the 80-year-old head of Lebanon's election commission escorted journalists down eight flights of stairs, lighting the way with a mobile phone.

As elsewhere in the country, severe power rationing meant the lift and lights were off - symptoms of an economic collapse that has pushed more than three quarters of the population into poverty.