COVID-19 outbreak will be able to cast a ballot from their car during Saturday’s provincial election.Elections NL said Wednesday it will set up a drive-through voting site in St.
John’s for people who have been asked by public health to isolate. The set-up will be similar to a drive-through COVID-19 testing site, the elections authority said in a news release.Earlier in the day, Elections NL announced it was shutting down a district voting bureau within the St.
John’s metro area because of a COVID-19 exposure.Health officials this week confirmed community spread of the disease in the capital.
In the past two days, authorities have reported 41 new cases in the eastern health region, which includes the St. John’s metro area.