How to safely vote on Election Day in Arizona if you have COVID-19

PHOENIX — Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes said Tuesday that voters with active COVID-19 infections should let poll workers know about their condition.

“If a voter shows up to vote and that voter knows that they are positive for COVID-19, we actually have line monitors who are walking up and down the lines to make sure that folks have the right ID and they know what they’re doing when they get up to check in,” Fontes told KTAR 92.3 FM’s The Mike Broomhead Show.

“Let our folks know that you are positive so that they’ll know to make absolutely certain that you can get in and get out and that we can take care of you. We want to preserve that fundamental right to vote — we want to make sure nobody dies because of this. Let’s just be blunt.”

All voters that wish to cast a ballot on Election Day must wear a mask or facial covering in order to enter a polling center.

If a voter does not have one, a mask will be provided for them.

Vote center workers will be wearing gloves, masks and face shields.

“We are constantly wiping down our high-touch surfaces within the guidelines that county and other health officials have given us,” Fontes said.

The Arizona Secretary of State office recommends to bring an already filled out sample ballot in order to vote quickly, bringing your own pen to vote with and staying at least 6 feet away from other voters and poll center workers.

Polling locations throughout the state can be found online and will be open until 7 p.m.

By law, any voter that is in line prior to 7 p.m. will have the opportunity to cast their ballot.

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