Polls chief appeal to Jaffna voters

Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake yesterday issued a notice requesting registered voters of the Jaffna Municipal Council area to make their applications to vote from the areas of their present residence if they had fears to vote in Jaffna at the forthcoming Jaffna Municipal Council elections.

The commissioner’s notice said voters who were registered in the 2008 voters register of the Jaffna Municipal Council area certified on May 29, 2009 were eligible to vote at this election.

Voters who had fears to cast their vote in Jaffna could make their applications to the commissioner.

The voters’ lists could be inspected at the Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Puttalam, Kurunegala, Anuradhapura and Vavuniya District election offices, the notice said.