Sri Lanka Elections: 24, 268 Postal Vote Applications Rejected
(COLOMBO) – Some 24, 268 postal vote applications have been rejected from a total of 736, 589 for multiple errors, Sri Lanka’s Commissioner General of Elections Saman Sri Ratnayake said Monday.
Therefore only 712, 321 applications are now eligible for voting at the upcoming September 21 Presidential Elections, he said.
He also said that the delivery of ballot papers for postal voting will commence on August 26.
The Election commission stated that the opportunity has been provided for the marking of postal votes inside a period of three days in the first week of September.
Speaking in this regard, the Chairman of the Election Commission R.M.A.L. Rathnayake said “The process of accepting postal voting applications has now been completed. The marking of postal votes has been prepared to be held in the next few days. On the 26th of this month, the respective postal ballots have been prepared to be issued to the relevant institutions.”
Postal voting for the Presidential Election will be held on September 4, 5 and 6, while September 4 will be reserved for personnel from District Secretariats, Election Offices and the Police to mark their postal votes, he added.
Meanwhile, September 11 and 12 have been allocated as additional dates for those who were unable to mark their postal vote and necessary arrangements have been made for that, he said.
A total of 39 candidates, the bulk of them independent candidates, have already submitted nominations for the September 21 elections.
