‘Why did we vote?’ French election officers sick per week after controversial poll held amid Covid-19

Holding a nationwide election throughout an epidemic might not appear to be the wisest transfer, however France went together with it. Quick ahead per week, and a few individuals who made the voting potential report they’ve contracted the coronavirus.

The primary spherical of municipal elections in France happened on March 15, at the same time as the federal government was shutting down non-essential public venues and calling on individuals to remain at dwelling – except, in fact, they needed to forged their votes. The second spherical was alleged to occur per week later however was postponed till late June, rendering the sensible worth of the preliminary vote questionable at greatest.

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And it appears that evidently, regardless of all of the government-mandated precautions, the ballot was not as secure because it ought to have been, at the very least for a few of its organizers. Paul Hatte, who presided over the polling station in Paris’ 17th district, has developed Covid-19 signs and on Thursday had little doubt about his prognosis.

“Why did we have now to vote?” he requested on Twitter. “Was it accountable to hurry ahead [given] the virus?”

Président de bureau de vote dimanche dernier & diagnostiqué covid+ aujourd’hui, je lance un cri d’alarme : pourquoi nous a-t-on fait voter ?? Combien de présidents de bureau dans mon cas ?? Quel responsable nous a fait foncer tête baissée vers le virus ?? pic.twitter.com/q4FIgihbsI

— Paul Hatte (@Paul_Hatte) March 22, 2020

After all, in lots of circumstances there is no such thing as a method of understanding the place and when precisely the transmission really occurred. Romaric Moyon, who was in command of a polling station in Melun, is anxious that he might have posed a risk to fellow organizers and a whole lot of voters on election day.

“Perhaps I used to be already a provider on Sunday and I probably transmitted the virus,” he advised the newspaper CNews. His signs developed on Wednesday, so with a median incubation interval of 5 days his fears will not be baseless.

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An election clerk was recognized with Covid-19 within the city of Billom in central France. There are three circumstances in Montmagny within the north, and one other in Franconville, northwest of Paris.

“In hindsight, the municipal elections ought to have been cancelled,” Mayor of Billom Jean-Michel Charlat acknowledged in an interview. Charlat has since developed a fever and is now self-quarantined at dwelling.

If this sentiment is shared by the federal government in Paris, it has apparently chosen to not share it with the French public.

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