Voters names to be on website

Chief Government Whip and Water Supply and Drainage Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, yesterday stated that the government was taking measures to enter the list of names of the voters into the Election Department website.

The minister made this observation in response to a question raised by UNP MP Sajith Premadasa in Parliament.

Minister Gunawardena further stated that to enter the voters’ list into the website, the election law needed to be amended, adding that the process to amend the election law for that purpose was in progress. He also stated that the funds needed to enter the list into the website would be allocated without delay.

He added that even by now, the list of the names of the voters could be taken to CDs at district level.

Minister Dinesh Gunawardena further stated that plans were afoot to maintain an open list of voters in the website which would be easy to remove the names of those who had died and add names of those who had reached the proper age to cast their votes.