Herts County Council has offered advice on how to vote safely at polling stations - Credit: Archant With elections set to look very different this year due to COVID-19, Herts County Council has issued advice on how to vote safely at polling stations. Polling stations will be safe places to vote, with a spacing requirement for social distancing, as well as ventilation, cleaning and infection control measures. Jim McManus, director of Public Health for Hertfordshire, said: "The guidance had to take into account scenarios where we were at a higher rate of infection than we are now, so it stands us in good stead.