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“Measurements are given and distributed from (SAM – aut. past.) reservation. If it seems to any of the members of the commission that these measures do not exist, then they should not be applied individually, but they should provide this data systematically through the Central Electoral Commission.
If tools are missing, we will try to find them and give them to the committee members who will have to go to the polls. You really shouldn’t panic before you have to go anywhere.
I don’t know where that knowledge comes from that there is a huge lack of safeguards. So far, we have not personally received such messages or complaints that someone has run out of those tools. As I mentioned, the CEC was and was directed at the districts, ”said A. Veryga at the press conference.
According to the Minister of Health, it would be good to specify which region and what specific measures are lacking and this would be systematized by the CEC.
“There are very detailed recommendations on what safeguards, under what circumstances and for which commission members they are needed. One level of protection and one level is for those who have a mild form of Covid-19, others – they are simply isolated by contact. , and a third level – who work in the area itself ”, added A. Veryga.
The minister urged the population to act responsibly and comply with all security requirements when voting.
“Let’s be civic, act responsibly and this will reduce the risk of spreading coronavirus infection during elections,” Veryga said.
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Commission President: There is a tragic lack of protection measures in Raseiniai
Members of the electoral commission who work in Raseiniai, which has been severely affected by the coronavirus, lack security measures to visit sick and isolated people, says the president of this electoral commission.
“We will try to carry out this procedure in some way, but the difficult thing is that we don’t have too many commissioners who would like to go home with COVID-19 patients. Maybe there are, let’s say, those commissioners, but tragically there are. a lack of necessary security measures to go to those patients, ”Nijolė Juknienė, chair of the electoral commission of the Raseiniai-Kėdainiai electoral district, told LRT radio on Tuesday morning.
According to her, currently 30 self-isolated and sick people have expressed their desire to vote, and the conditions for voting will also be created in the Blinstrubiškės welfare home, where coronavirus has been detected in 40 people.
In total, the county has 43 sets of clothing needed to go to coronavirus patients.
“It is provided centrally, but there are very few of them: there is very little for the Raseiniai district, because we have a particularly difficult situation and also we asked the Central Election Commission about 100 games, but we only received 10. This is exactly what is missing from our constituency commission. district of the Central Election Commission and the Ministry of Health “, – said N. Juknienė.
She hopes the constituency to supplement the protective measures will arrive before the start of the home vote on October 9-10.
According to the chairwoman of the commission, the elections in the district, despite the virus, started successfully, but the commission is not fully staffed: several commission members also fell ill with COVID-19, several are in self-isolation. Some of them will go back to work at the end of the week.
“If it turns out that there is a shortage of commission members, then we will have the opportunity to borrow members from neighboring districts,” said N. Juknienė.
In the Raseiniai district, the incidence of coronavirus currently reaches almost a thousand cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
What is the procedure for voting in isolation and for Covid?19?
The news portal tv3.lt has already announced that more than 27 thousand people are in isolation as of Monday. people – almost as many as live in Jonava. So far, only a couple hundred have registered to vote in Seimas elections from home.
Voting from home will take place on October 9 and 10 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Residents who have been diagnosed or suspected of having a coronavirus and who have had to isolate themselves due to contacts and trips abroad will be able to vote at home. Disabled people over 70 years of age who cannot go to the polls, but also people who care for the disabled, will also be able to express their wishes at home.
Commissioners visiting self-employed persons who have returned from abroad must wear a mask or respirator, disinfect their hands, and wear gloves.
When commission members visit a person diagnosed with Covid-19 disease, then they will need to wear maximum protective equipment, wear a protective suit, bathrobe, and booties.
“Those members of the commission who go to the voter’s house at the door of his room give him the voting documents {…} do not go to the voting room, make sure that the voter fills out those documents himself and puts them in envelopes. He takes the received envelope and puts it on him.
He disinfects his hands, takes off the whole suit, puts it in a bag and then, when he goes to the next voter who has been diagnosed with Covid-19, he puts on a new suit, “said Laura Matjošaitytė, president of the CEC, the Monday.
The electoral commissions lacked safeguards
L. Matjošaitytė stated that the protection measures had already reached the electoral commissions of the state reserve through the Ministry of Health.
However, security measures were still lacking, so 15 thousand more. disposable masks, more than a thousand. pairs of boots, almost 8 thousand. pairs of gloves.
“We heard from the electoral commissions of the electoral districts last week, because everyone already knows the amounts available, what measures have been received, they know that the situation changes every day and if additional measures of personal protection are needed, if so, what . We have their needs, ”said the CEC president.
Before voting, the voter must 3 things
Early voting has already started on Monday and this year is the first year that a four-day early voting is possible. Early voting in the Seimas elections begins at 7 a.m. and polling stations close at 8 p.m.
Voters are asked to come to vote with masks and their own writing instrument, to have an identity document. For those without a mask or pen, it will be given on the spot.
“The morning started quite calmly. Electoral commissions really work. Voters, as we noticed in Vilnius, are actively participating in the elections, ”said L. Matjošaityt dijo on Monday.
During early voting, the will may be manifested at any early voting location, regardless of the registration of the place of residence. On Sunday, Election Day, it will only be possible to vote in the electoral districts of your constituency.
The Seimas elections will be held on October 11.
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