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“The information has already been transferred to the municipality of the city of Vilnius. The director of the municipal administration reported that it was already preparing. Hopefully tomorrow from 7 pm In the morning, at 124 Savanorių Avenue, Vilnius, it will be possible to take advantage the opportunity to vote this way. All voters will be able to vote, but one by one, in addition to other passers-by, must arrive by car, “said Laura Matjošaitytė, president of the CEC.
The president of the CEC also spoke at the meeting that all voters will be able to vote at the mobile point. People in self-isolation could vote if they received a negative Covid-19 test result and permission from the National Center for Public Health to leave the isolation site.
According to the president, the voter will go to the member of the commission and present an identity document. The commission member will then establish their identity and print a pre-voting letter.
Multi-member and single-member electorate ballot papers will be issued, as well as inner and outer envelopes. The voter will fill out the ballots, put them in envelopes, seal the envelope and deliver it to the member of the commission. The Commissioner will place that envelope in the ballot box in the eyes of the voter.
“An experiment of this kind is taking place in Lithuania for the first time, we will see if it works: how many voters will vote and how they will vote.” If it weren’t for Covid-19, we would not have found such a solution and looked for alternative innovations.
The current situation forces us to think differently and seek different solutions. This is another opportunity for the voter to come and vote comfortably, ”said L. Matjošaitytė.
During these elections, the voting has been extended in advance from Monday to Thursday inclusive. It used to take a couple of days.
In addition, more early voting places have been installed, but in some municipalities it is not possible to vote in the municipal building itself, as it used to be.
According to the CEC, a total of 12,980 voters voted on the first day of early voting. This is 0.54 percent of the total number of voters who vote in Lithuania.
As L. Matjošaitytė, President of the CEC, said, “At the beginning of the elections, the conscience of the voters is the most rewarding. We see that people come to the right place to vote: they wear face protection, bring their personal pens, keep a safe distance and don’t hang out. “
Municipality: Vilnius will also have the opportunity to vote for people in self-isolation
Vilnius City Municipality announces on its website that it will be equipped for early voting drive in polling point, which is also intended for people in self-isolation.
Today, with the approval of the CEC, said polling place will operate at Savanorių Ave. 124 at Park and Ride. Here you can vote without getting out of the car from tomorrow.
“Vilnius has repeatedly solved the challenges during the coronavirus epidemic and we continue to do so. After assessing the population flows going to the polls, the queues that were already forming at the Lukišk plazas square point, as well as the situation with which Were in self-isolation, we found a solution. I think the voting entry point will make it possible for those in self-isolation to do their civic duty and do so safely and comfortably first. With this point, we will have up to six places different in Vilnius where it is currently possible to vote, ”Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius was quoted in the report.
Voting in the new electoral college will be possible throughout the early voting, both in the first round (until October 8) and in the second round, which will take place from October 19 to 22. years.
Voting is expected to be available from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm, but the schedule can be adjusted. When you arrive at this polling station, you must have an identity document, a pen and a mask.
Until Savanorių ave. There will be a mobile point and a pre-voting place in parking lot 124 “Build and Drive”, drivers will not be able to leave their cars here as usual.
The voter must have with him 3 things
Voters must pick up an identity document, wear a face shield that covers their nose and mouth, and have their own pen before voting.
All voters wishing to vote will be offered two ballot papers: a single-member ballot and a multi-member ballot.
On a single-member ballot, a voter must indicate only one candidate for whom he intends to cast his vote.
On a multi-member electoral district ballot, a voter has the right to rank candidates from a selected list by entering the election numbers of the selected candidates in the boxes.
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.
NVSC: People in self-isolation will not be able to vote from the car
People in self-isolation will not be able to use the special early voting point, which will start operating in Vilnius from Wednesday, where voting will take place without leaving the car, the National Center for Public Health (NVSC) told BNS on Tuesday night.
The Central Election Commission (CEC) and the Municipality of Vilnius provided the opportunity to vote at a special point without leaving the car from Wednesday, so that people in self-isolation could also use it.
However, NVSC representative Justina Petravičienė told BNS 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 would not receive.
“That legislation is certainly not complemented by specific provisions related to elections (…) There are clear legal exceptions in which a person can request permission from the NVSC to leave a place of self-isolation, that is, no points have been included, other points and additions “. said J. Petravičienė.
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.
“Under the electoral regulations, people in self-isolation can express their desire to vote by submitting an application to the Central Election Commission (CEC). The NVSC will then inform the CSC, as expected, if the people have COVID-19 , they are isolated due to exposure or have had a low risk exposure when returning from abroad. And it will depend on what security measures those who turn to people have to use. We really do not know other circumstances, “said the NVSC specialist about the possibility of voting for those in self-isolation.
The Seimas elections will be held on October 11.
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