On the day of the poll in the June elections, persons who are over 75 years and stretcher cases from hospitals and other elderly institutions, will be allowed to avoid queueing at all times during the poll without the need of a medical certificate, the Electoral Commission said.
Persons aged between 60 and 75 years old, shall be allowed to jump the queue from 1pm to 5pm
All other persons who are sick and unable to wait in the queue must present a medical certificate in order to avoid the queue and this facility would be permitted after 1pm.
Persons presenting a special identity card issued by the National Commission for Persons with Disability would be granted the same facility without the need of a medical certificate.
The Electoral Commission said it will receive applications at its Office at the ex-Trade Fair Grounds, Naxxar, from medical officers who are not contesting the elections for the issue of official forms which serve as a medical certificate so that sick persons shall be allowed to pass the queue during the poll within the hours specified above.
Every medical officer who applies will be given an amount of forms on which the medical certificate is to be issued and the number of these forms may be increased as necessary.
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