Election day, the anti-Covid protocol to vote: compulsory mask and sanitized pencils

To reassure those, especially the elderly, who are afraid to vote tomorrow and Monday for the referendum on the cut of parliamentarians and for regional and administrative in the territories concerned, the Deputy Minister of Health intervenes Pierpaolo Sileri: “It is a return to normality to go to vote, tomorrow and the day after we vote and vote in safety”. From the distancing to the disinfectant gels, the deputy minister also recalls the anti-Covid health protocols that will be adopted in the polling stations. Here is everything you need to know.

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Mandatory mask and hand sanitization

At the polling station, each voter must wear the surgical mask up above the nose. Once the voter has entered the building, he will find the sanitizing gel made available to disinfect his hands. No fever measurement, entrusted to the responsibility of the individual. obviously the voter must not leave the house or go to the polling station in case of respiratory symptoms or body temperature higher than 37.5 °; contact with Covid-19 positive people in the last 14 days; mandatory quarantine or home isolation. After having sanitized his hands, the voter will hand over an identity document and voting card to the scrutineers and then he will have to move back (there will be a mark on the ground) and uncover the face for the time necessary for identification.

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Sanitation of pencils and voting booths

Before receiving the ballot, the voter will have to sanitize his hands again and one last time when he leaves the polling station. The pencils must be sanitized at the end of each voting operation. Once they have cast their vote, the elector will personally insert the ballots in the ballot box. Finally, the periodic sanitation of tables, voting booths and toilets is foreseen.

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Spacing

There will be limited access to the buildings hosting the polling stations, through external waiting areas and differentiated routes for entry and exit with special vertical and horizontal signs. The seats must also guarantee a distance of no less than 1 meter between the components of the seats and the voters, as well as air exchange and natural ventilation. The layout of the voting booths must also facilitate the movement of voters in order to avoid gatherings.

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