Officials running parliamentary elections in the second district, one of Kuwait’s five districts covered in the current polls on Saturday, expressed satisfaction at adherence to the anti coronavirus precautions. The voting kicked off, early today, with the presence of the elderly, amid full abidance by the anti-covid measures, said judge Khaled Al-Busairi, head of the main electoral commission at Al-Asmaa bint Al-Hareth School, one of the schools that have been transformed into voting centers.
All who turned up to cast their votes wore protective masks, Al-Busairi told Kuwaiti News Agency, predicting drop of the turnout at noon time and pickup in the last hours of the balloting, scheduled to stop by 8:00 p.m. Justice Ahmad Al-Hajri, in charge of the main commission at Ibn Rushd School in Faiha Area — specialized solely for eligible voters who have been infected with the coronavirus, affirmed that all people that were present at the station wore masks, gloves and maintained social distancing.
Voters entering the center are obliged to change their masks and put on the gloves before being subjected to a temperature test, Al-Hajri said. Authorities have set up special centers exclusively for infected voters, as part of the measure to ensure safety for participants in the electoral process.