COLUMBUS, Ind. — Poll workers who staffed Westside Community Church on Election Day are quarantining for two weeks after one of them tested positive for COVID-19 in recent days and was later hospitalized. There were seven poll workers working at the site on Nov. 3.
The poll worker, who wore a mask at all times while at the voting center on Nov. 3, was taken to a local area hospital on Friday with symptoms consistent with COVID-19, said Bartholomew County Clerk Jay Phelps.
Election officials would not release the name of the poll worker or the worker’s duties, citing privacy laws. The worker interacted with each voter for “about 90 seconds at maximum,” Phelps said.
“I did speak with the poll workers who worked there, and the inspector who was in charge of the location that day did call all poll workers to let them know yesterday (Sunday) about the poll worker testing positive,” Phelps said. “It does sound like the poll worker is going to be OK and will be discharged by the end of this week, if not sooner.”
A total of 411 people voted at Westside Community Church on Nov. 3.
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