The vice presidential debate is scheduled to take place at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Wednesday evening.
Plexiglass dividers will be used to separate the candidates from each other during the vice presidential debate on Wednesday, according to Politico. The debate is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. It is the second debate of the election season hosted by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) and the only debate that will take place between Vice President Mike Pence and California Senator Kamala Harris. According to Politico’s report, the plan to keep Pence and Harris separated using dividers was greenlit by The Cleveland Clinic, which is working as the Health Security Advisor to the CPD amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Plexiglass will also be used as a separator between the candidates and debate moderator Susan Page, the Washington bureau chief at USA Today, the news outlet reported. The CPD additionally plans to increase the distance that organizers had originally slated to remain between Pence and Harris while they are seated onstage, several media outlets reported. Last week, the CPD decided to space the candidates at least 12 feet apart, according to Politico.
