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Elections in Vienna will be held on October 11. Due to the corona pandemic, many things will happen differently here as well. The city of Vienna is planning massive tests.
There should be a specific security concept for the Vienna elections. Election staff undergo crown tests in advance, reports the “Kronen Zeitung”. These massive tests can be used on a voluntary basis by all employees involved in the count, as well as by consultants and confidants.
Bring your own pen
This includes around 12,000 people. The gurgling method is used for testing. Also, only people who live there can vote in nursing homes.
All Viennese must wear a mask at the polling station. The safety distance must also be respected. Also, all voters must bring their own pen. The concept of security in detail:
► Wear a mask that you have brought with you and keep a distance of one meter.When voting, persons entitled to vote must wear mouth and nose protection and wear it from the entrance of the building. Election staff also wear mouth and nose protection in the building and at the voting station.
► Your own sanitized pen or ballpoint pen. Eligible voters are requested to bring their own ballpoint pen to vote. Otherwise, sanitized pens are available at the polling station. This time there is no pen in the voting booth!
► Additional posters and folders indicate the obligation to wear oral and nasal protection and maintain a distance of one meter. Depending on the situation at the polling station, additional folders can be flexibly parked.
► Disinfection of voting furniture and points of contact at the voting table.In addition to basic disinfection of voting furniture, such as voting booths, ballot boxes, tables, all contact points that voters come into contact with are cleaned and disinfected on Election Day, immediately prior to the start of Election Day. at 7:00 am Contact points are disinfected every two hours on Election Day.
► Broadcast the electoral college.Election staff are instructed to ventilate the voting station at least hourly for at least three minutes prior to the start of the election and throughout the day, unless the voting station is mechanically ventilated.
► “Identification screen” made of plexiglass.Since the MNS mask covering the face must be removed briefly to verify the identity of eligible voters, identification screens made of plexiglass are used at each voting station to ensure this process is carried out safely.
► Cleaning at the electoral college.Cleaning staff increased. Stand next to the cleaning staff on site mobile special cleaning equipment Available on Election Day to clean up dirt and fill with soap, paper towels and toilet paper.
► Proof of election staff: The city offers all municipal employees involved in the election and counting, as well as assessors, alternate assessors (as well as election confidants and witnesses) a voluntary test as part of a state medical direction screening program. In total, about 12,000 people will be invited to participate in the screening. Participants receive a gargle test before and after the elections. With this selection, both employees and voters are protected.
