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Voting Operations

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

VO003

Electors vote at
Question:Where can electors vote?
Answer(s): a. At a specified polling station in the locality where they are registered at national elections
d. At specially designated polling stations
Comments: a.) In order to administer the conduct of elections each of the 22 electoral districts on Sri Lanka are subdivided into a number of polling divisions. Each polling division has a number of polling stations for the conduct of poll. There were 9981 polling station during December 2001 parliamentary elections. d.) There are also specially designated polling stations for voters from uncleared areas (war areas). They are know as cluster polling stations. There is also a provision for voters displaced due to conflict.
Source: Parliament Elections Act of 1981, Art. 35 (1), 26, 45: https://cmev.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/presidential_election_act.pdf
Verified: 2016/02/04
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VO004

Voting outside the country is permitted for
Question:Who can vote from outside the country?
Answer(s): a. Outside the country voting is not permitted
Comments: There are no statutory provisions to cover the above categories.
Source: EU Final Observation Report of Sri Lanka's August 17 2015 Parliamentary Elections: http://www.eueom.eu/files/pressreleases/english/EUEOM_SriLanka_FinalReport_20151017.pdf
Verified: 2016/02/04
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VO005

Locations for voting outside of the country
Question:If voting outside the country is permitted, at what places?
Answer(s): h. Not applicable
Comments: There are no legislative provisions in this regard.
Source: EU Final Observation Report of Sri Lanka's August 17 2015 Parliamentary Elections: http://www.eueom.eu/files/pressreleases/english/EUEOM_SriLanka_FinalReport_20151017.pdf
Verified: 2016/02/04
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VO011

Voting method
Question:How do electors cast their votes?
Answer(s): a. Manually marking of ballots
Comments:
Source: Constitution, Art. 99: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/asia/LK/sri-lanka-constitution-as-amended-up-to-9/at_download/file
Verified: 2016/02/04
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