'It's not easy': How Portugal is helping care home residents vote

'It's not easy': How Portugal is helping care home residents vote
AFP
1/20/2021
AFP
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Portuguese authorities are determined that thousands of voters who are self-isolating or too weak or vulnerable to leave home should still be able to vote
Sandra do Rosaria is dressed in full protective gear -- gown, gloves, visor and mask -- as she talks to patients in a care home in Loures, a northern suburb of Portugal's capital Lisbon.
But she is not here in a medical capacity and is not visiting a relative either -- she is one of a team of municipal employees and volunteers helping residents to cast their ballot for Sunday's presidential election.

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