GE2020: COVID-19 patients, quarantined cannot vote; special voting hour for those on stay-home notice

SINGAPORE: COVID-19 patients and those in quarantine will not be able to vote in the 2020 General Election, but there will be a special voting hour for Singaporeans serving stay-home notices, the Elections Department said on Wednesday .

Other conditions also apply: These voters cannot take public transport when going to the polling station and must return home immediately after voting, and those on stay-home notices must inform authorities before leaving their home to vote.At that time, there will also be fewer election officials manning the polling stations and they will all don personal protective equipment.

READ: COVID-19: Recommended time-bands for voters to cast ballots among new safety measures for elections Four special polling stations have been gazetted at Marina Bay Sands and one at Marriott South Beach. Voters serving their stay-home notices there will stay in their room and a mobile polling team will bring the ballot box to them.

ELD also said on Monday that Singaporeans overseas can vote at 10 polling centres, subject to regulations there. Overseas polling stations will implement similar safety measures as those in Singapore, and have the special voting hour.

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