1.
Before Voting
(1)
Preparations:
A. Invite local
governments (including civil affairs, health and police authorities) to conduct
risk assessments and formulate contingency plans (covering response mechanisms
and assignments, epidemic prevention publicity, epidemic prevention measures,
preparation of protective equipment, and staff health management plans), and
make preparations for COVID-19 and handle reported cases.
B. Establish and make known to people concerned the
contacts of relevant units (e.g., local health, civil affairs and police authorities)
and COVID-19 reporting processes. Monitor the list of voters who are under home
isolation or home quarantine and urge them follow the Communicable Disease
Control Act. In accordance with the Article 65 of the Civil Servants Election
and Recall Act, people in home isolation or home quarantine are prohibited from
going out to vote or to participate in ballot counting and announcement.
C. Check the
quantity of anti-epidemic supplies (masks, gloves, hand sanitizers, forehead
thermometers, sanitizing alcohol, towels, etc.).
D. Check the
quantity of seals. The quantity of seals should be 5 times the quantity of voting
booths or more to facilitate disinfection.
(2) Publicity: People are informed of the following through various
channels (Election Bulletin, website or mass media, cable TV news ticker or community broadcasting):
A. Voters should maintain a good respiratory
hygiene/cough etiquette and keep their hands clean. If voters have a fever,
cough, or respiratory symptoms or feel unwell, they should seek medical
treatment as soon as possible and stay at home.
B. When going
out to vote, voters should wear masks and keep a distance of at least 1 meter
from others. Those having a fever, cough or respiratory symptoms should keep a
distance of 1.5 meters or more from others.
C. Voters in home
quarantine/isolation need to follow Communicable Disease Control Act. In
accordance with the Article 65 of the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act,
people who are under home isolation or home quarantine are prohibited from
going out to vote or to participate in ballot counting and announcement.
(3) Site arrangements
A. Posters should be posted at the entrance or in
obvious places to remind voters of epidemic prevention measures.
B. Simple health-check stations should be set up
outside polling stations to take voters’ temperature with forehead (ear)
thermometers at the entrance.
C. Alcohol-based hand sanitizers should be
provided for voters’ use.
D. Polling
stations should be disinfected before voting and kept ventilated and clean. Polling stations should not be located in
basements or places with poor ventilation.
E. Separate routes and dedicated voting booths should
be planned and set up. Gloves should be provided for voters who have a fever,
cough or respiratory symptoms.
F. During vote counting and announcement, speakers
should be prepared for staff's use as wearing masks may lower their volume.
G. Polling
stations in schools need to mark the voters’ activity area and people witnessing
the vote counting area by using retractable barrier or floor sticker.
(4) Protection for staff: Staff who have a fever, cough, respiratory
symptoms or feel unwell should not take part and should seek medical treatment
as soon as possible. Tasks should be performed by reserves for voting to
proceed.
2. Matters Needing Attention during Voting
(1) Staffing:
A. Before
voting, staff should double-check whether they have a fever, cough, or respiratory
symptoms or feel unwell.
B. After
voting commences, staff should wear masks at all times. Those checking national
ID cards and distributing ballots should wear gloves to avoid direct contact
with voters.
(2) Thermometry and disinfection at the entrance/exit: Local health
authorities should set up simple health-check stations outside polling stations
to take voters’ temperature and provide hand sanitizers at the entrance and the
exit for voters’ use.
(3) Voters should wear masks to enter polling stations. Voters who are
found to have a fever need to register their names and telephone numbers. After
the voters’ names and ID cards having confirmed, gloves should be provided.
Voters enter the polling stations and are guided to separate routes (keeping at
least 1.5 meters away from other people) and dedicated voting booths to mark
the ballot. Prior to leaving the polling stations, staff should collect the
gloves and dispose it. After the voters complete their voting, voting booths
should be disinfected immediately and seals should be replaced. Adequate masks
are provided for individuals with a fever, chronic diseases, or respiratory
symptoms and expectant mothers but not wearing masks.
(4) When guiding voters to wait in line, staff should ask voters to keep a
distance of at least 1.5 meter inside the polling stations and at least 1 meter
outside and maintain good hygiene etiquette.
(5) If the polling stations are set up in schools, voters are requested to
leave the school as soon as possible after they have finished voting. Wandering
around outside the marked area are not allowed.
(6)If identifying people under home isolation or home quarantine, staff
should report to local health, civil affairs, or police authorities for
handling; if finding suspected COVID-19 cases, staff should report to local
health authorities for handling.
(7) Ballot distribution area, voting booths, seals,
and spots at which voters and staff often come into contact should be
disinfected with alcohol at regular intervals. Seals should be replaced
frequently.
3. Matters Needing Attention during Vote Counting
(1) After the poll closes, polling stations are rearranged for ballot
counting. Staff should disinfect workbenches before counting.
(2) Staff should wear gloves during vote counting.
(3) During vote counting, staff should wear masks at all times and speakers
may be used as needed.
(4) Simple health-check stations should be set up outside ballot counting
stations. For people witnessing vote counting, staff should take their
temperature at the entrance and register their names and telephone numbers.
Those having a fever are prohibited from entering ballot counting stations.
(5) Make known to people who are witnessing ballot counting should wear
masks and keep a distance of at least 1.5 meters or should be seated in a
crisscross seating pattern. People need to maintain hygiene etiquette.
(6) If the ballot counting stations are set up in schools, people are
requested to leave the school as soon as possible after they have finished
witnessing vote counting. Wandering around outside the marked area are not
allowed.
(7) After vote counting is completed, polling stations and supplies should
be disinfected.
4. Matters needing attention as holding politics presentations,
candidates, voters, staff and site arrangement should follow the instructions
above.