Polls campaigns just warming up (By Mirudhula Thambiah - Sunday Times) CaFFE said 22,000 people in the north have applied to obtain identification documents such as National Identity Cards (NICs) and other documents for voting purposes. “Earlier people in the north did not show much interest in elections but this time they are looking forward to make use of their voting rights to choose their representatives,” CaFFE Director said. However he added that more than 85,000 people in the north still did not have identification documents. Jaffna Elections Commissioner S.Achchudhan however giving a different picture said the people of Jaffna were showing very little interest in the upcoming elections. “We are hoping to address the people on the importance of using their voting rights,” he said. Some 435,263 voters from the North-Western Province, 1,889,557 from the Central Province and 714,488 from the Northern Province are eligible to vote in the upcoming polls. (images by CaFFE)
Posted on: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 04:50:54 +0000
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