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Without getting out of the car
Voters will be able to vote at the new polling station until 8 pm on Wednesday and from 7 am to 8 pm on Thursday. According to the SNB, the CEC indicates that this seat will not be reserved for voters in self-isolation. Citizens who wish to vote in advance will be able to do so here in advance, which will be able to do so without having to get out of their vehicle.
Upon arrival to vote, a member of the electoral commission would identify the voter, issue the voting papers, and the voter would fill out the ballot papers, put them in an envelope, seal them, and return them to the member of the electoral commission while they were found in his vehicle.
Povilas Poderskis, director of the Vilnius municipal administration, and Laura Matjošaitytė, director of the CEC, participated in a short press conference held at the polling station on Wednesday morning.
You can only ride one at a time
According to L.Matjošaitytė, voting at the new location is scheduled to start at 7 am. in the morning, but supposedly due to technical obstacles this failed. “It just came to our notice then. All citizens of the Republic of Lithuania who wish to take the opportunity to vote early are invited to take advantage of the innovation here, to come to Savanorių Ave. 124 Early Voting Point in Vilnius, you just need have an ID with you There are long queues waiting, so be patient.
I would like to point out that this point is not intended for people in self-isolation, it is just one of all the points established by the Vilnius Municipality when voting in advance, ”said the CEC President.
The point is not ready for people in self-isolation; it would be necessary to change the decision of the CEC and prepare the point and its staff differently than it is done. People in isolation can vote at home, they just have to submit an application to the CCA and according to L. Matjošaitytė they will be given that opportunity.
Valdas Kopūstas / 15min photo /L.Matjošaitytė and P.Poderskis
There must be only one person in the car upon arrival, as well as only one person may enter the booth upon arrival at the voting station, regardless of whether the family is gathering.
L.Matjošaitytė explained that another point for early voting was opened considering that there were queues in Lukiškės square and other places in Vilnius where it is possible to vote in advance: in Vilnius municipality, A. Sakharov a., Saulėtekis. The proposal to open such a place was also submitted by the Vilnius City Municipality.
“Point for all”
P. Poderskis recalled that everyone can vote on the new point, but people in self-isolation cannot leave their place of self-isolation, so there is nothing to talk about them. According to him, these types of points are for anyone who can come by car.
The point is for everyone, and if others have restrictions on their freedom, they act at their own discretion.
“If a voter decides to break his self-isolation order and come to the constituency, we would not ask if this constituency is for those in self-isolation. I think this is analogous to the same question here. The point is for everyone, and if others have restrictions on their freedom, they act at their own discretion, ”said the managing director.
NVSC sees no opportunities
After the decision was made, the head of the CEC L. Matjošaityt personas said that people in self-isolation will be able to vote at the point of entry, but will have to obtain permission from the National Public Health Center (NVSC) to leave their place of isolation.
However, NVSC representative Justina Petravičienė told BNS on Tuesday that the law establishing the possibilities of temporarily leaving the place of self-isolation has not changed and does not provide for additional exceptions for elections, so that a person who came to the special point to vote would violate the would not get it.
Managed by Cabbage / Photo 15min / Early voting by car
Certainly, that legislation is not supplemented by special provisions related to elections. There are clear legal exceptions when a person can request permission from the NVSC to leave the place of self-isolation, that is, there are planned points, other points and additions have not been included ”, said J. Petravičienė.
The NVSC will inform the CEC if people with COVID-19 are isolated due to exposure or have had a low-risk exposure upon returning from abroad.
According to her, the only exception where she can leave her isolation site is to go to mobile checkpoints to perform a PCR test for COVID-19 in humans. In this case, it is necessary to have an SMS confirming the registration.
“In accordance with electoral regulations, people in self-isolation can express their desire to vote by submitting an application to the CCA. The NVSC will then inform the CSC, as expected, if people have COVID-19, they are isolated due to exposure or they have had a low risk exposure when returning from abroad. And it will depend on what security measures have to be used by those who turn to people. We really do not know other circumstances, “said the NVSC specialist about the possibility of vote for those in self-isolation.
A.Veryga: It was necessary to consult
Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga, according to BNS, says he regrets that the Vilnius city municipality, without consulting with epidemiologists, is setting up a mobile voting table where people in self-isolation could also vote.
The Minister stressed that only people who have returned from abroad can leave the place of self-isolation. “I want to explain that there is that theoretical possibility of going to a mobile point from isolation, but only for isolated travelers who have returned from affected countries,” Vergaga wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.
He also argued that voting in this way would be more difficult than voting at home, since it is enough to fill out a form and express that wish. And in order to leave the self-isolation site, a coronavirus test must be performed and, if negative, permission must be sought from the NVSC.
“Obviously, it is significantly more inconvenient,” said the health minister, urging that neither mobile points nor epidemiologists be unnecessarily burdened.
Wednesday is the last day to submit this type of request and ensure the fulfillment of civic duty.
According to data from Wednesday morning, during the first two days of the preliminary vote in the Seimas elections, 36,759 thousand people have already expressed their will. voters, or 1.52 percent. of everyone on the charts. The most active voters voted early in Kaunas in Centro-Žaliakalnis (3.96%) and Kalniečiai (2.81%) constituencies, the least active, in Vilnius Paneriai-Grigiškės (0.22%) and Naujoji Vilnia (0 , 25%). ) electoral districts, according to the Central Electoral Commission (CEC).
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