Patients in Covid isolation may be able to vote in upcoming presidential election

The government has approved a change to presidential election rules that would make it possible for people in Covid-19 isolation to vote in the January election for the next Czech head of state, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said after a Wednesday cabinet meeting.

While no such measures were taken for this year’s municipal elections, special methods of voting from one’s car or into a transportable ballot were already used in Senate and regional elections during the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021.

Interior Minister Vít Rakušan said that the government intends to prepare a general change to voting legislation that would make it possible for people infected with Covid-19 and some other illnesses to take part in elections.