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According to the National Center for Public Health (NVSC), there were 1,046 people with COVID-19 on Sunday. 6291 people need to be isolated at this time.
Laura Matjošaitytė, chair of the Central Election Commission (CEC), said that after the amendment of the Seimas Elections Law in June, voters in isolation also had the right to vote on the declared state emergency.
Photo by Lukas Balandis / 15min / Laura Matjošaitytė in the program “15/15”
“In this case, they must submit a request to the CEC to vote at home in the prescribed manner. Consequently, upon receiving that information, we would verify that people are actually in self-isolation, for what reasons.
And the members of the electoral commissions, by going to the autonomous voters, would have already provided more personal protective equipment, depending on the symptoms, that is, they would not only use masks and medical respirators, disposable gloves or disinfect their hands.
But after consultation with health professionals and epidemiologists, it is likely that they will also have to wear suits, booties, hats and more to protect not only voters but also members of the electoral commissions, ”said the head of the CEC.
They may also need to wear suits, booties, hats, and more to protect not only voters but members of election commissions as well.
According to L. Matjošaitytė, voters in self-isolation will also be asked to wear personal protective equipment: wearing masks that cover the mouth and nose, keeping their distance, and the like.
Must not enter the house
According to L. Matjošaitytė, members of electoral commissions must not enter the home of people in isolation. They must monitor the voting process from a safe distance, just like election observers.
As explained by the head of the CEC, the members of the electoral commissions must send all the voting documents to remote isolated voters.
Eriko Ovcharenko / 15min nuotr./Apsauginis kostiumas
The voter must go further, but fill in the ballots so that the members of the commission see that he is doing it himself, put the documents in an envelope and seal it himself.
“Once all the documents were filled out, the voter would return the ballots, already in an envelope, to the members of the electoral commissions. The members of the commissions would put the received envelope in their basket and go to other voters,” commented L. Matjošaitytė .
The same voting requirements would apply in medical, welfare and welfare institutions.
“The members of the electoral commissions, when going to such institutions, should already be dressed in suits, and they should use more and more means and keep their distance. In special points, those in which it is necessary to control the temperature, it must also be controlled. If the temperature is higher than 37.3 degrees, depending on the internal procedures of the medical institution, it would be necessary for the members of the commissions to change and another member of the commission to come to vote at such a special point, ”said the president of the CEC.
The members of the electoral commissions, when going to such institutions, must already be dressed in both suits and use all kinds of means, to keep their distance.
You will not escape the fears
When asked if the CEC had received any signs that some members of the electoral commissions did not want or were afraid to go to the voters in self-isolation due to the coronavirus, L. Matjošaitytė stated that there could be fears and that he would not avoid them.
However, according to her, after receiving the personal protection measures from the state reserve, the objective of the CCA is to provide members of the electoral commissions with maximum security, fears or doubts that they may be infected by COVID-19 voters. voting at home or at special points.
123RF.com nuotr./Koronavirusas
According to the head of the CEC, the preliminary number of protection measures that will be required for the members of the electoral commissions is coordinated with the Ministry of Health (SAM).
“We will see how many people will isolate themselves, how many will have expressed their desire that the members of the electoral commissions attend them, how many will vote at home, in special points. I believe that the SAM will provide all the members of the commissions of the state reserves the number of protective measures that would be necessary to protect the health of the commissioners as much as possible, ”noted L. Matjošaitytė.
We will see how many people will isolate themselves, how many will have expressed their desire that the members of the electoral commissions attend them, how many will vote at home, in special points.
Decide on additional premises
Voting lines often run in large cities during early voting at municipal facilities.
Photo by Irmantas Gelūnas / 15 min photo / Preliminary vote in Vilnius Municipality in 2016
According to L. Matjošaitytė, this is a problem.
However, now that the legal regulations have changed, it is envisaged that voting can be organized in advance not only in the municipal building, but also in another additionally equipped room suitable for voting.
The head of the CEC mentioned that at the moment it is being discussed with the main municipalities of the country – Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda – how many of those additional pre-voting locals would appear.
Photo by Julius Kalinskas / 15min / Voting in the municipality
“Since it is convenient for both us and the municipalities to avoid voter concentrations, regulate flows, avoid confusion. In the near future, the commission will also decide on a greater number of days for early voting, as the law also provides for it (now voting is organized two days in advance in the municipalities, that is, on Wednesday Thursday from 8 to 20 hours. Would take place over four days, from Monday to Thursday, and would begin an hour before, with a duration between 7 and 8 p.m.), and it would already be decided that early voting in specific municipalities would not be organized only in municipal premises but also in additional premises “., – explained L. Matjošaitytė.
It is in the interest of both us and the municipalities to avoid voter meetings, regulate flows and avoid confusion.
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