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South Korea today held one of the world& #39;s first major national elections of the coronavirus era. Here& #39;s what they did to keep voters safe.
Outside polling stations, mandatory temperature checks using contact-free thermometers.
At the door, lots of free hand sanitizer and mandatory plastic gloves.
Once inside, voters were kept a meter apart.
There was a special voting area for self-isolated voters, who were allowed to cast ballots at designated times late in the afternoon.
Another big thing: South Korea made it easy to vote early. Last week saw record early vote turnout. Which made polling places a lot less congested today.
Maybe the biggest factor: it feels like South Korea has contained the coronavirus so far. New infections have plummeted. People were confident they could vote safely.
It wasn& #39;t perfect, of course. About half of overseas South Koreans were unable to vote because of coronavirus lockdowns in their countries of residence.
But the end result was amazing: voter turnout was the highest it& #39;s been in a lot of years, at least for a parliamentary election.
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Final voter turnout in South Korea& #39;s parliamentary election is 66.2 percent, the highest turnout in 28 years, according to National Election Commission figures cited by Yonhap.
