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Polls Chief urges voters to exercise their franchise
View(s):Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya yesterday urged all registered voters to exercise their franchise on Monday.
“Vote is your right, the vote is your power,” he said. Mr Deshapriya said, though in some countries it was legally required to cast one’s vote, in Sri Lanka there is no such requirement, but it should be considered an obligation to vote.
The Election monitoring groups too have conducted a strong campaign for voters to use their ballot, adding that, refusal to vote will only result in the wrong people coming into Parliament.