Tsunami dead impersonation to be prevented

THE Elections Secretariat has made special arrangements to ensure a clean election in the tsunami-hit districts.

Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake said steps have been taken to prevent impersonation of the dead and displaced. They were in the final stages of preparing a fresh voters list for the tsunami districts.

"I am expecting a list of the deceased and the displaced by the end of next week," he said adding that specially marked official ballot cards is to be issued to those suspected to have perished in the tsunami.

If such a voter claims otherwise they will be required to prove their identity through some sort of an identification paper, ID or Grama Niladari certificate, to cast their vote.

Polling cards will not be issued against names of voters who have ben confirmed dead.

The Elections Chief said they have launched a special arrangement with the help of Grama Niladaris and the Postal Department to distribute polling cards to the displaced. - MF