Hollywood Coronavirus: Two Broward Elections Workers Test Positive For Coronavirus
HOLLYWOOD (CBSMiami) - A man and woman who worked at separate precincts in Broward during the March presidential preference primary have tested positive for the coronavirus.
The county hired some 4 thousand poll workers for the election which had a turn out of about 26 percent.
While most people in Broward people cast their ballots by mail, about a third of the voters went to the polls - either during early voting or on election day.
The man who tested positive, and is very ill, handled voter IDs at the David Park Community Center in Hollywood on election day. There were 61 ballots cast there. He was also greeter during the early election period at the Weston Libary on Bonaventure Boulevard.
The woman who tested worked as a greeter at the Martin Luther King Center in Hollywood on election day where 204 people voted. Though she tested positive, she is showing no symptoms.
All the poll workers who had contact with The two workers who have tested positive have been notified
Voters who think they may be at risk are urged to contact their doctor.
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