Temporary IDs for LG polls

Chaminda PERERA

Voters who do not have National Identity Cards or other proof of identity as approved by the Elections Commissioner to cast their vote at the forthcoming Local Government election, can apply for temporary identity cards through the respective Grama Niladharis.

According to Deputy Elections Commissioner M.M. Mohammed, voters who are qualified to cast their vote at the forthcoming Local Government election to elect members for 23 LG bodies can apply for temporary identity cards.

He said that the voters who have already been issued identity cards can get their validity period extended through the respective Grama Niladharis too.

Mohammed said that the Department has not yet decided whether the Local Government election in the Maritime Pattu and Pudukuduirrippu Pradeshiya Sabhas in the Mullaitivu district will be held in October. “We inquired from the Mullaitivu District Secretary whether the election can be held in these Pradeshiya Sabha areas as a number of people in these areas have not been resettled in their original places due to heavy minefield”, he said.

The Deputy Commissioner said the Department has not received the report from the Mullaitivu District Secretary and action would be taken once they received it.