All preparations for WPC polls
Lakshmi DE SILVA
All preparations were being finalised to conduct the Western
Provincial Council elections on April 25. Poll cards were being
distributed by the Postal Department up to tomorrow (March 17),
Additional Commissioner of Elections W.P. Sumanasiri said yesterday.
There were 1,009 polling stations in the Colombo district, 978 in
Gampaha District and 776 polling stations in the Kalutara district, he
said.
Election staff had been directed to ascertain the identity of the
voters before they were issued with ballot papers by verifying the names
with the National Identity Cards but minor differences between the names
in the voters list and the NIC would not disqualify the voters from
exercising their franchise," he said. |