The Elections Secretariat says that 50,000 persons have requested permission to cast their votes at polling booths away from their areas of residence. A Senior spokesman said it showed an increase of more than 5,000 persons who applied to vote at the presidential election.
He said that the applications had come from those who now live in camps in Putlam, Anuradhapura, Kurunegala, Gampaha, Kalutara, Mannar, Vavuniya and other places away from their regions. The deadline provided for this category expired on 26th February.
The officer told reporters those applications were now being considered now and the relevant polling booths would be announced shortly.
He added displaced persons who made applications without Grama Niladhari’s certificates would be rejected.
