A dozen inflamed Greenville County voters with COVID-19 filled out paper ballots before 6 p. m. Tuesday from his outdoor cars at polling stations, according to Greenville County Chief of Elections Conway Belangia.
Beglangia said the electorate had called his in advance to arrange the vote.
“They stayed in their cars, but this exposes our choice to COVID-19,” Belangia said.
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Two of the 12 staff members who had been assigned to a county polling station did not paint on Tuesday, one of them had possible exposure to COVID-19 and the other was involved by exposure to respiratory disease, the researchers said.
“Of the 2,200 election officials, we’ll have some,” Belangia said.
Recently, Greenville County has consistently led the state in the number of new COVID-19 cases. In the last two weeks alone, new cases in Greenville County have accounted for 10% of the county’s total since the start of the pandemic, Dr. Brannon said. Traxler, the state’s acting director of public health, said at a news convention on Friday.
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While on Tuesday he mocked staff at polling stations, Belangia said it is “scary” that about 75% of its election officials have little or no electoral experience.
In Greenville and elsewhere, many experienced pollsters have chosen to skip this year’s election due to considerations about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
“Newcomers have a tendency to make mistakes, especially early until they start walking,” Belangia said.
Belangia said Tuesday’s vote worked well, with the exception of some “small mistakes” he described as “typical electoral tricks. “
He said there were “some devices stuck, a device that we had to stop and, of course, we put a device there. “
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