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Departmental and regional elections 2021
What are the health rules expected at polling stations on June 20?
Publié le null - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Setting up polling stations, wearing a mandatory mask, providing hydro-alcoholic gel, limiting the number of voters... A circular from the Ministry of the Interior and the law of 31 May 2021 on the management of the health crisis adapt the electoral law to the situation of Covid-19 epidemic, in order to secure the organization of regional and departmental elections of 20 and 27 June 2021.
According to a circular of April 28, 2021 from the Ministry of Interior, the sanitary conditions to be respected are the following:
- a limit of 3 of the number of electors present at the same time in the polling station, and 6 electors if the regional polling station and the departmental polling station are located in the same room;
- the layout of polling stations so as to limit contacts as much as possible and to ensure a distance of at least 1,5 meters between voters;
- a priority queue outside the polling station for vulnerable people;
- a marking on the ground consisting of strips of adhesive tape or chalk:
- between the polling station entrance and the voter identity check;
- at the discharge table;
- before the booth, and between the booth and the feeder table.
- the provision of a handwashing point or hydro-alcoholic gel at the entrance and exit of the polling station at two separate points;
- mandatory masks for voters. The mask can be removed only if necessary to verify their identity;
- the provision of adequate protective equipment to voters;
- regular ventilation of the premises throughout the day;
- cleaning polling stations (door handles, tables and chairs) and voting equipment (storage, ballot boxes, voting booths, pens...) before and after each ballot.
Please note
The supply of masks, protective visors for the members of the office and of hydroalcoholic gel to municipalities and polling stations is fully covered by the State.
The members of the polling station (president, secretary, assessor, host agent...) and all the agents mobilized, on a voluntary basis, benefited from priority slots for vaccination. For the counting of votes, deputy returning officers shall be designated as a priority from among vaccinated, immunized persons. If they are not vaccinated, they will have to test negative for less than 48 hours.
FYI
The mayor may decide to settle polling stations outside the premises provided that all the requirements governing the conduct of these operations are complied with.
Please note
The organization of double voting and the health measures put in place have sometimes forced municipalities to move some polling stations to larger and more suitable locations. It is recommended that you check the updated list with from your town hall or on the website of your departmental prefecture which publishes the Prefectural Decree listing the polling stations.
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