CaFFE files petition on polling cards

The campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) yesterday filed a petition in the Colombo Appeal Court seeking a Court order preventing voters who have received more than one poll card due to dual or multiple registration in voter’s lists from casting their votes at the forthcoming Western Provincial Council Elections more than once.

The petition filed in the name of CaFFE national organiser Rajith Keerthi Tennakoon has cited Elections Commissioner Assistant Elections Commissioners in the Colombo District and the Colombo District Returning Officer as respondents.