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People in self-isolation were able to vote at home. However, some Kaunas residents who registered for such a service did not receive representatives from the polling stations, and some of them visited twice.
“It just came to our attention then. I have no complaints about the people who came to us. The problem is the system, ”said Ieva from Kaunas (the name is known to the editorial committee), where the ballot papers were taken home twice with her spouse.
The couple, who are in isolation because they were both diagnosed with COVID-19, knowing that they will not be able to leave the house either before the vote or on Sunday, signed up to receive an email. walked and started waiting for a call from the polling station.
There was silence for a week. Applied again. He confirmed that the couple were indeed registered to vote at home, but the constituency is awaiting approval from the National Center for Public Health (NVSC). Then send a command.
Dirty. I have no complaints about the people who came to us. The problem is the system.
Thursday, a call. She was asked if Eve would be home at the time, but her husband was not included on the caller’s list for some reason. But that day, no one came to her with the ballots.
Her husband gets a call on Friday. Would you like to be at home, we would like to visit you. So he was already allowed to look for a wife on the list who is allowed to vote at home.
“He finally came to see us on Friday around 5 pm As he belongs – in protective suits. We have everything in order. We vote for both. On Saturday, I knock on the door again. I put on my mask, open the door. So women are holding in their hands, I realized that we have come to raise our voices. Only this time, without protective suits, only with masks, “said Ieva.
He discovered that there are two lists: those with coronavirus and those that are in self-isolation. Separate lists are needed because there is insecurity for those who visit with masks, protective suits are needed.
According to the interlocutor, as far as she could find out, the problem is that the patients have not been removed from the list of self-isolating people, so they are visited twice. This makes it possible for the same person to vote twice, but also puts the safety of polling station representatives and others at risk. People with coronavirus are visited with only a mask.
“It just came to our attention then. The same constituency. Only a team that was not ready to visit COVID-19 patients came to him at first, although they called him many times and informed him that the diagnosis had been confirmed.” said the Kaunas resident.
Nerijus, a resident of Kaunas (surname known to the editorial board), who belongs to the Kačerginė constituency of the Garliava constituency, registered to vote at home by phone this week, dictating various personal details. “On Sunday, when I called to explain why I did not receive the representatives of the electoral commission, when I will be able to vote, he said that nobody happened to them, he does not know anything,” the man got angry, speaking to the portal kauno.diena.lt .
Kaunas-based Inga, who contacted the portal, was also left without a chance to vote.
“I came back from abroad, I am in self-isolation since October 3, I applied to vote at home on October 5. I have received confirmation that the application has been received and sent to NVSC (“will be contacted”).
Even so, without receiving a call or a visit, yesterday I called them myself and told them that I would like to vote, but so far no one has come and received the answer that it is only 3 in the afternoon. and you should come to me (Aleksotas district, Kaunas) and I will have the opportunity to vote.
Not having received anything in this way, I contacted them again today with the same request and received a response that the complaint had been registered. I feel robbed in the literal sense of the word, and I just wanted to do my civic duty ”, Kaunas did not hide her disappointment.
The kauno.diena.lt portal is known for many cases in which voting at home was only possible thanks to perseverance. Before reaching the representatives of the electoral commissions, people attacked them with calls.
Laura Matjošaitytė Eltai, president of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), said that she was explaining why some people in self-isolation and who wanted to vote at home had not done so, and that ways were being sought to ensure their vote in the elections of the Seimas of this Sunday.
“Now we are summarizing the information, explaining what happened there. In fact, we went to great lengths, the CEC team did not count the working hours and we did everything possible to allow those in isolation to vote. To put it bluntly , I am very disappointed that such misunderstandings are occurring, ”L. Matjošaitytė told Elta on Sunday.
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