Parties agree on special methods of voting in quarantine

The parties in Parliament have agreed with the Ministry of the Interior on three methods of voting under quarantine: drive-in voting, the creation of special polling stations, such as at nursing homes, and electoral commissions that would visit people’s homes. The minister of the interior, Jan Hamáček, described the decision as a good compromise.

The lower house will vote in two weeks’ time on the changes, which will be in place for October’s Senate and regional elections. Mr. Hamáček said he expected the upper house would approve the measures soon afterwards.

The interior minister said the parties had failed to agree on voting by proxy and that postal voting, which some members of the opposition have been calling for, does not have majority support.