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Various authorities headed by the president of the Board of Directors of the Electoral Service, Patricio Santamaría, They carried out this morning in a school in Ñuñoa a demonstration on the ground on how the plebiscite will be carried out on October 25, as well as on the protocols to be applied in the context of a pandemic.
Santamaría explained the sanitary measures contained in the protocol worked out by the Board of Directors with the Ministry of Health and other institutions, which establish the presence in the voting precincts of prevention elements such as sanitary kits, masks, face shields, disinfectants, sprayer applied in secret cameras, among others.
Polling places They will have a maximum capacity of 10 voters in a row for each voting receiving table, and a demarcation on the floor to maintain a physical distance of at least 1 meter. The extended voting hours, meanwhile, will be from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and there will be an exclusive schedule for people aged 60 or over from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Santamaría said he was aware of “that there is fear. But I want to emphasize that going to vote on October 25 will be no more dangerous than going to a supermarket, paying a bill or doing some paperwork. What is at stake is too important for our citizens to subtract. We then call for calm, responsible and informed participation ”.
In a similar vein, Mayor Felipe Guevara said that “we are going to do everything possible so that the people do not stay away from this electoral process. There are 26% more polling stations – with practically the same electoral roll – to give voters more space in each location. In other words, 1 in 4 voters will vote in a place other than the last election, so we call for information on the Electoral Service page regarding the place where they have to vote ”.
“We want the October plebiscite to have three characteristics. That first be safe, secondly that it be informed, and thirdly that it be participatory … We do not want this to be a source of contagion but rather the party of democracy, which is any election, “added Guevara.
Finally, Mayor Andrés Zarhi explained the situation in his commune. “In Ñuñoa we have 190 polling stations, of which almost 30% (160 tables) are in the National Stadium. As a municipality we have prepared all the sanitary implements to give them the possibility to vote in the safest way, we have arranged vehicles for free transportation in the process and we will sanitize before and during the process to give everyone peace of mind, “he said. .
On October 25 there will be 2,715 voting places (25.9% more than in the 2017 elections), the use of masks will be mandatory, hands must be sanitized before and after the vote, when signing the people they will have to lift their mask for a maximum of three seconds to confirm their identity before the table members, and the “electoral facilitators” will debut to collaborate in the maintenance of these protocols and assist the voters.
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