New electoral register on the web
The new electoral register will be posted on the web for the first
time by the Elections Department in September, Elections Commissioner
Mahinda Deshapriya said.
He said the move will facilitate voters to check if their names have
been included in the latest register without waiting for an election.
The new register will be accessible via the Elections Department
website.
A voter has to enter the polling division which he or she belongs to
and type the national ID number to check his name in the registry.
“We will not list the house number and the street name to protect the
privacy of voters,” the Commissioner said.
The list will be available online after September 2 and the appeals
from those who haven’t been registered will be entertained until
October. The final certified register will be posted on the web in
October.
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