Nearly 60,000 postal voting applications accepted: Elections Commission
JAFFNA, SRI LANKA - SEPTEMBER 21: A sign directing voters to the polling station during the northern provincial council election on September 21, 2013 in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Ethnic Tamil voters in Sri Lanka's war-ravaged north have gone to the polls on Saturday to form their first functioning provincial government since 1988 following 26-year long civil war that ended in the country in 2009.. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)
According to the Elections Commission nearly 60,000 persons have been accepted, from applications received for the use of postal vote, at this year’s local government polls.
Additional Commissioner Saman Ratnayaka said that the names of the postal voters’ list will be validated on the 08th. He further stated that steps will be taken to hand over the postal packets to certifying officers for postal voting.
The postal voting of the Local Government Election is scheduled to be held on January 25 and 26.