When voting in South Africa’s municipal elections on Monday the IEC has in place a strict set of coronavirus protocols to ensure the safety of the voting public and election officials.
When the identity of the voter is being checked, election officials will not touch your ID document or smart card while scanning it. They will then mark you off on the voter’s roll and you will move onto the inking table.
When inking your thumbnail, election officials will apply the ink, and will ask you to wait a moment before you move on to ensure that the ink has dried before your hands are sanitised going into the voting station. Sanitiser containing at least 70% alcohol will be available at all polling stations, although voters may bring their own.
Voters are encouraged to bring their own pens to the voting station, but if they can’t, election officials will be sanitising all pens at the voting station after each use. In addition all voting surfaces will be wiped down with sanitiser before and after use. The IEC encourages voters to politely speak up if people are too close to you, or if anyone’s behaviour makes you feel uncomfortable. Or to bring it to the attention of the station's presiding officer.To find out the candidates standing in your ward, visit this handy website
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