CHRISTOPHE CASTANER INTERIOR MINISTER ANNOUNCE MEASURES & GUIDANCE FOR THE VOTER

USPA NEWS - This Saturday, March 14 in the morning, a few hours before the first round of the municipal elections, the Minister of the Interior, Christophe Castaner, visited the polling station in Lévis-Saint-Nom (Yvelines). His message was very clear: reassure voters about the very conditions of the vote. The Minister of the Interior noted that "In Lévis-Saint-Nom, 1358 voters, everything is already ready to welcome the public." who will come to vote tomorrow, all day, with a peak of frequentation between noon and two o'clock. The biggest measure consists in avoiding "any contact" between the voters and the staff of the polling stations. This is why, at the entrance, a water point is accessible for people who would like to wash their hands. Markings on the ground (with adhesive tape) indicate the directions and the famous distance of 1 m between two people.

Bottles of hydroalcoholic gel are placed on each of the tables reserved for assessors. The voting booths are facing the wall to prevent voters from having to draw the curtain. Identity cards will be held by their owners but not taken by those who maintain the office. Voter cards will not be stamped, which is not required anyway. Everything is done so that voters can go to vote without making any physical contact. The other instruction consists in not receiving more than 100 people gathered in the same office, however unique. "If I calculate compared to the participation of 2014 (which was 47%), that makes about 600 voters. That is to say 60 people per hour. This is not an influx difficult to organize," estimated Christophe Castaner. The Interior Minister Christophe Castaner acknowledged that “we could expect an increase in the rate of absenteeism. "For this election, the participation rate is quite high. We hope that it will be at a good level. I am calling for voter participation". As for the powers of attorney the minister explained that we must wait "At the end in the morning, he had no figures on proxy requests. "

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