To vote in the drive-in station, people need an identity card as well as a certificate of ordered quarantine issued by a doctor or hygienist. Ballot papers are also suitable, but they may also provide them on the spot. The election commission consists of officials and members of the army.
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According to initial information from the regions, there is little interest in voting from the car for the time being. During the first hour, voter units used the opportunity to vote at individual stations.
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For example, in Zlín, four people arrived at the drive-in station by 8 o’clock. In Vsetín, no one at all reached the elections in the first hour, in Kroměříž and Uherské Hradiště only individuals.
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In the Mladá Boleslav district, quarantined people can vote at a transit point at the Aviation Museum. The voters will be served there by an army patrol in protective clothing, and there is a recorder in the tent who will register the voters. A quarantined person votes directly from the car to a portable ballot box. Everything is also supervised by a police patrol standing nearby.
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The situation was similar in Ústí nad Labem, Jihlava or the Hradec Králové region.
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In the Moravian-Silesian Region, people can vote from the so-called car in six places. In Krnov, Frýdek-Místek, Karviná and Opava, polling stations are set up on the premises of regional hospitals, in Nový Jičín there is a drive-in at the entrance to the former Telecom complex on Hoblíkova Street and in Ostrava in the car park opposite the main railway station in Přívoz. It was there that five voters arrived in less than an hour. The first one just a few minutes after seven, when the gate of the drive-in opened. “He wanted to get it over with,” she explained the reason for the early election of the man as a member of the election commission.
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The voter votes at the station in Zlín
Photo: Dalibor Glück, ČTK
People in quarantine or sick in isolation who cannot vote from the car will be visited by a special commission in protective equipment during the elections. However, those interested must apply for it through the regional office by 20:00 by Thursday. The Commission will operate 156.
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If you know that you will be hospitalized at the time of the regional elections and want to take part in the elections, you should get a voting card before entering the hospital. This can be applied for in person at the municipal office in the place of permanent residence of the voter until today 16:00.
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Regular voting will take place from Friday 14:00 to 22:00 and on Saturday from 8:00 to 14:00.
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