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Eugene

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Tue Nov 3, 2020, 01:54 AM Nov 2020

Coronavirus updates: CDC says people who test positive for covid-19 can still vote in person

Source: Washington Post

Coronavirus updates: CDC says people who test positive for covid-19 can still vote in person

By Antonia Noori Farzan
11/3/2020, 12:17:27 a.m.

As the United States faces what one top health official called “the most concerning and most deadly phase” of a pandemic that has already claimed at least 230,000 American lives, record numbers of coronavirus-related hospitalizations are forcing doctors in rural states to get creative. Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that people who are in isolation after testing positive can still cast ballots in person.

As the presidential election collides with a global pandemic, the CDC says that people who are sick with the coronavirus can still vote in person on Tuesday.

In newly-updated guidance published Sunday, the agency says that voters who have tested positive or may have been exposed to the coronavirus should follow the standard advice to wear a mask, stay at least six feet away from others and sanitize their hands before and after voting. “You should also let poll workers know that you are sick or in quarantine when you arrive at the polling location,” the CDC’s website states.

For tens of thousands of Americans, that may be the only option: People who received their test results in the past few days missed the cutoff to request an absentee ballot in most states, and getting an exemption typically requires surmounting arduous logistical hurdles, as The Post previously reported. But the prospect of casting a ballot alongside someone who’s sick is unlikely to defuse the tension surrounding mask-wearing at polling places — something that remains optional in multiple states.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/11/03/covid-coronavirus-updates/

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Also: People who have Covid-19 or who have been exposed can vote in person, CDC says (CNN)

Related: Tips for Voters to Reduce Spread of COVID-19 (CDC)
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Coronavirus updates: CDC says people who test positive for covid-19 can still vote in person (Original Post) Eugene Nov 2020 OP
Well, yes, of course they can. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #1
everyone is assumed to be a coronavirus carrier unless has a proof of a test with the last 72hrs AlexSFCA Nov 2020 #2
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