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Dozens of people were waiting in the Vilnius constituencies visited by BNS journalists at seven in the morning. Some said they arrived early to avoid the queues, and others admitted that they had spoiled the time because they forgot to turn the clocks back an hour.
Almost the voters came to the polling station with their pens and some also had disposable gloves.
Monika Gasiliūnė, president of the Simonas Konarskis Election Commission, told BNS that commission members are willing to donate disposable masks to people who do not have them or whose masks are badly worn.
More than 50 voters expressed their will in half an hour in the Bukčiai and Oslo electoral districts located in the capital’s Ąžuolynas progymnasium.
Photo by Julius Kalinskas / 15min / Family choices
Edgar Lavecki, chairman of the Oslo District Election Commission, said that people come with a good knowledge of safety rules, that they should keep their distance, wear masks and have their own writing instruments.
“People are not really angry, we don’t spend too much on COVID-19, as far as the limits allow. Almost everyone brings pens, their masks, except each other,” E. Laveckis told BNS.
Financier Ana Bobileva, 57, told BNS that she would always vote in the second round as well. “As always, we hope it will be better,” said the Vilnius resident.
The spouses Dovilė and Andrius Končiak, in their thirties, stated that they had decided to vote on the coronavirus situation as soon as the constituency was opened to avoid queues.
“We always go to the polls, and this time early, because of the virus. Those who liked that the mangoes were being disinfected this time, the members of the commission themselves took more initiative, because last time they felt a bit confused and not they used the masks very well, ”said Dovilė.
A. Končiak says he decided to vote earlier due to the wait for Sunday jobs.
“I think we will wait for the results in the evening,” he said.
Voting that began at 7 a.m. will end at 8 p.m. Voters are invited to come and vote with face and nose masks, bring their own pen, and those without protection or writing aids will be delivered on the spot .
Laura Matjošaitytė, head of the Central Election Commission, predicts that the election results will be clear around midnight.
“We wait for the election results much earlier, because there will be a ballot, a simpler calculation, we will not have a multi-member ballot, so it seems that we can have the election results before midnight,” L. Matjošaitytė told BNS.
The second round of the parliamentary elections takes place in 68 electoral districts. Three have already been selected in the first round. Another 70 politicians entered parliament on party lists in a vote two weeks ago.
The new Seimas usually meets for its first session in mid-November.
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