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. About 350 people who have COVID-19 or are on a quarantine order will be affected. This is to minimise their contact with members of the public and reduce the risk of community transmission, said ELD.For voters who are under stay-home notices at home, on medical leave or have a fever of 37.5 degrees Celsius and above, a special voting hour has been set aside for them from 7pm to 8pm.
Four special polling stations have also 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.On Wednesday, Singapore reported four imported cases - two Singaporeans and a permanent resident returning from Pakistan, and a work permit holder who had returned from Indonesia.placed on stay-home notices when they arrived in Singapore.
The 39-year-old Indonesian work permit holder was tested upon arrival at Tanjong Pagar Terminal, and was isolated while awaiting his test result, said MOH.
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