ELECTION 2020: Electoral Commission preparing for voting under lockdown

ELECTION 2020: Electoral Commission preparing for voting under lockdown
Pattrick Smellie
The general election may be able to go ahead even if parts of the country were experiencing covid-19 lockdowns, the Electoral Commission says. The commission has plans in place to deal with voters who are affected by covid ‘clusters’, but it is giving no details about where the line would be drawn between lockdowns that are manageable and lockdowns that could delay the Sept. 19 election. “We would have to work through all the scenarios,” chief electoral officer Alicia Wright told a media briefing today. The election is being planned as...

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