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Valid identity card a must for voters

Around 14,088,500 Sri Lankan citizens are eligible to cast their vote at the presidential election on January 26. Voters should prove their identity by producing their National Identity Cards (NICs), temporary IDs, issued by Gramaseva Niladharis or any other valid document issued by the Government.

Elections Department, Additional Commissioner W.P. Sumanasiri told the Sunday Observer that Identity Cards issued by Government Departments or public sector establishments for employees will not be accepted at polling booths for voters to cast their vote.

The Elections Department has called upon voters who do not possess any valid document such as passports, driving licences or pension cards to prove their identity to get at least a temporary ID from their area Gramaseva Niladharis, since it will help Junior Presiding Officers (JPOs) to check impersonations and various other irregularities.

“Such temporary IDs will be retained by the JPO and voters will not be permitted to take them back after casting their vote,” he said.

He also said that during the past few months, the Department for the Registration of Persons had issued 207,120 permanent NICs and accordingly 90 percent of the voters in the country hold NICs.

Additional Elections Commissioner, Sumanasiri said that 11,098 polling stations have been set up countrywide for Tuesday’s election and 89 polling booths have been set up in the resettled areas for nearly 45,732 displaced voters.

 

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