An elector who is reasonably fearful that he will not be able to go to and cast the vote at the given polling station due to the prevailing situation in the area, the individual may request to be facilitated to vote at another polling station.
The procedure is introduced under the provisions of Section 119B of the Presidential Elections Act, No. 15 of 1981, as amended by the Presidential Elections (Amendment) Act, No. 16 of 1988.
The relevant applications can be obtained from the offices of all District Election Offices and applications must be forwarded to reach the Election Commission, head office in Colombo before August 1.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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