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The SEC and CIPH also prepared
and issued instructions for Election
Day itself, and was focused on
ensuring the safety of voters,
election administrators, observers
and others present on Election Day,
such as media representatives.
Instructions and recommendations
were established for standard polling
stations and special polling stations at
social welfare institutions.

Some of the important instructions
followed are below:

• Poll workers and observers must
wear face masks while at polling
stations, and voters are advised
to wear them.

• Gloves are required for poll
workers performing voter identification and recommended for all poll workers. Gloves should be
disinfected and changed regularly.

• Soap, paper towels and hand sanitizer for hand disinfecting will be provided.
• Polling station windows must be open to provide regular ventilation.

• A distance of 1.5 meters must be maintained between voting screens, poll workers, observers
and voters waiting in queues or walking through the polling station.

• VH and sanitizer should be placed at the entrance of rooms, and a designated poll worker must
apply it to voters and others entering and exiting the room.

• Commonly trafficked surfaces should be disinfected regularly.
• Poll workers traveling to voters’ residence due to illness, disability or self-isolation must wear
masks as well as gloves, which must be disinfected before and after each visit and changed after
10 visits.
• During vote counting, observers must maintain a distance of two meters from the vote counting
location, and polling station committee members performing this function must be 1.5 meters
apart and disinfect their hands at each stage of the process.