VOTERS can expect medical front-liners to check their body temperatures before they can enter the polling precincts on May 9 election day.
Lawyer Aleli Abamonga Dayo, Misamis Oriental director of the Commission on Elections said the deployment of medical front-liners is part of the health and safety protocols against Covid-19 on Election Day on May 9.
“Only 10 voters are allowed inside every precinct to ensure social distancing,” Dayo said.
Dayo said suspected cases would still be allowed to vote but the casting of ballots would be in “special rooms.”
She said voters are not required to present vaccination cards or “QR” codes at the polling precinct.
“A qualified voter is already equivalent to an Authorized Person Outside Residence or APOR status,” Dayo said.
Some 40 journalists attended the workshop “Covering the May 9 elections” organized by the Cagayan de Oro Press Club’s Journalism Institute in partnership with Hann Seidel Foundation, a German non-government organization.
Anti-election fraud advocate Rhona Canoy said she fears the May 9 elections would be fraught with anomalies in the voting process and heated scuffles among supporters of politicians.
Canoy flagged disinformation, trolls, and paid radio commentators as worrying signs that could disrupt the election process.
“Politicians have hired and organized their own media teams much to the detriment to the mainstream media,” Canoy said.
She said she received reports that like in the past elections, the dead will vote again on May 9.
