Elections Canada doubles down on no vaccinations

Elections Canada is doubling down on not requiring election poll workers to be vaccinated. Sanitizing theatre is mentioned here – hand sanitizer, disposable pencils and plexiglas – but they don’t mention the scrum that happens at the end of the night, when the doors close, and workers converge on the ballot boxes to count up, often with candidate delegates (no vaccination required from them either) looking closely on.

As I mentioned before, I don’t see how they can possibly enforce distancing when workers have to work so closely together at the end of voting day to tally up, check the totals and reseal the boxes, tired after a long day and only wanting to finish the task. The public doesn’t see this stage but the officials need to address it.