2015 General Election: 566,823 eligible for postal voting

July 23, 2015 03:02 pm

A total of 566,823 voters are eligible to cast postal votes at the forthcoming General Election.

Additional Elections Commissioner M.M. Mohamed stated that 628,925 persons had applied for postal voting and that 62,102 applications were rejected.

Sealed packets containing Postal Ballot Papers are to be handed over to post offices at respective District Secretariats tomorrow (24).

He stated steps have been taken to establish temporary post offices within every District Secretariat for this purpose.

Postal voting for the 2015 General Election will be held under two phases.

Police officers and teachers of state schools will be allowed to cast their postal ballot on August 03 while the rest of the postal voters are to vote on August 5 and 6.

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