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Chile announces protocol to vote in October's referendum: “no greater risk than going to the supermarket”
Chilean citizens planning to vote in a referendum on a new constitution next month will be at no greater risk of contracting coronavirus at the ballot box than they would be going to the supermarket, the head of the country’s electoral service said on Monday.
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