Second chance for those who missed postal voting

Second chance for those who missed postal voting

August 9, 2015   10:10 am

Those who missed postal voting could vote on  August 11, says the Elections Department.


Police officers and teachers of state schools were allowed to cast their postal ballot on August 3.


The rest of the postal voters cast their vote on August 5 and 6.


A total of 566,823 voters were 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.

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