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UPDATE: Raed Arafat said at the end of the government meeting on Monday that if a person goes to the polls and does not have a mask, they can get one. In addition, to verify the identity of the voter, the mask will be removed, after which it will be put back on. The head of DSU specified that those of the electoral commission of the section may prohibit a person from voting if they do not have a mask or if they refuse to identify themselves.
At the level of the electoral colleges, they will be established by order of the Ministry of Health, together with the Ministry of the Interior and the approval of the AEP. The rules concern access, the way the voting will take place. Examples: Mandatory hand disinfection when entering and leaving the voting station. The identity card will be entered by the voter in the computer system. You will be instructed on how to do it. Only those who have old bulletins, made of paper, then the processing will be done manually and the operator will disinfect the hands before and after handling the respective bulletin. Mandatory use of mask at the voting table.
Whoever comes to the room and does not have a mask can get one, as I understand it, but the recommendation is that they come with a mask from home.
You can bring your pen home with your signature. Maybe it’s better this way, ”said Arafat.
He specified that the rules relating to epidemiological triage will be established by order of the Minister of Health.
The mobile urn can also be requested by law by people who are not affected by COVID, but for the first time it will be planned to go to those who do not have problems with COVID. After that, in the end, it will go to those who are in quarantine, isolated at home or in hospital, explained the secretary of state in the Interior Ministry.
Likewise, the people who will count the ballots of those suspected of being infected by COVID or of those infected “will be protected and there will be other measures for them, the scrutiny will be separated from the usual one done at the voting table. vote, “Raed Arafat said.
“Normally, to verify the identity of the person who votes, the mask is removed and then put back on.
Those who are on the polling station commission can prohibit the entry of those who do not wear a mask and prohibit the vote of voters who do not want to remove their mask to identify themselves, ”the government official also declared.
initial news
The government extended, at the meeting on Monday, the state of alert, with application on Tuesday, September 15. The Secretary of State in the Ministry of the Interior, Raed Arafat, announced that voters must be disinfected at the entrance and exit of the voting table and the identity card must be touched only by them. The draft decision also provides for the possibility of organizing demonstrations of up to 100 people.
The National Committee for Emergency Situations voted, through Decision 45/2020, the proposal to the Government of the measures to be taken during the campaign and on voting day.
“Here I highlight aspects such as permission to hold not only electoral rallies, but also demonstrations within the limit of 100 people and respecting established hygiene measures.
In addition to the measures of wearing a mask, the distance and the obligation of voters to enter the electoral college and at the exit to disinfect their hands, “added Raed Arafat, at the beginning of the Government meeting this Monday.
Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said the joint order should also clarify the procedure so that those with COVID or isolated at home can request a mobile ballot box to vote.
“I saw that it is a very good idea to go first to the non-Covid cases and then to those that are affected or in contact,” Orban added.
The head of DSU said that STS had introduced a clarification on the voting procedure.
“Those who have an identity card will personally insert the book into the slot of the tablet or from the device that reads it. Those with old ballots will be processed manually, with disinfection of the workers’ hands, ”said Arafat.
Contact sports have also been removed from the limited sports list during this period.
Raed Arafat also stated that the HoReCa industry can organize seminars and workshops, respecting the rules of its organization that were previously established.
Editing: Alexandru Costea
