GE15: Voters with Covid-19 to be separated, voting process to be done quickly, says EC

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PUTRAJAYA: Voters who are confirmed positive for Covid-19 will be separated from others when they come to cast their ballots in the 15th General Election (GE15) to reduce the risk of spreading the virus.

Election Commission deputy chairman Dr Azmi Sharom said the election workers would also ensure that the voting process for those Covid-19-positive voters would also be done as quickly as possible.

"They will separate the Covid-19-positive voters from the others and the voting process for this group will also be done quickly,” he said when asked about the process for those who were confirmed positive for Covid-19 during the early voting on Tuesday and polling day on Nov 19. Meanwhile, Putrajaya OCPD Asst Comm A. Asmadi Abdul Aziz said one of its personnel was confirmed positive for Covid-19 and was instructed to come and cast his vote later in the afternoon.A total of 1,386 early voters in Putrajaya cast their ballots at two early voting centres here, starting at 8am.

 

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