Elections to the Chamber of Deputies began. Hundreds of people voted from the car today

Elections to the Chamber of Deputies for people who are in quarantine or in isolation began at eight o’clock in the Czech Republic. They could throw their voice into the ballot box at so-called drive-in stations. These are in every district. According to the Ministry of the Interior, a total of 714 voters came at half past four. The complete numbers will not be available until the morning.

In České Budějovice, for example, there is a drive-in polling station in the Road Administration and Maintenance complex. The election commission, which is in protective suits, must be accompanied by a certificate of quarantine or isolation, as well as an identity card. The Commission will then hand them the official envelopes and ballot papers.

suitable. Everything lasts only a few minutes and specifically at the station in České Budějovice no queues are formed.

. However, currently the coronavirus has 7,900 people in the whole Czech Republic and about 2,200 people are in quarantine with incapacity. “ 587 voters who are in quarantine or solitary confinement voted from the car today at approximately 1 p.m. This option can be used until 5 p.m. today,” the Interior Ministry said in the afternoon. Later, he clarified the numbers. “ At 4:30 pm, 714 voters voted on the drive-ins,” Ministry spokeswoman Klára Dlubalová told TN.cz when she said that the final statistics would not be available until the morning.

Those who do not have a car or due to their health condition cannot come to the elections on Wednesday, they can call their regional office by Thursday and order a special crown to the commission. with a portable ballot box to their home.

The classic polling stations will open on Friday. They are starting to prepare, so the equipment for the members of the election commissions moves into them. Nothing must be missing. Dozens of things go to each polling station, including flashlights or toilet paper, for example.

said Aneta Hrdličková, an employee of the Jihlava municipality. These costs are roughly double this year, mainly due to hygiene needs related to coronavirus measures compared to previous elections.

On Wednesday, for the last time, people can apply for voting cards at individual municipal and city authorities, if that they want to vote elsewhere than where they have reported permanent residence. In Jihlava, for example, almost 500 people were interested in it. The original polling stations were destroyed by a tornado, so they had to set them up in other places.

ls, TN.cz