Recommendation Improvement and enforcement of the legal framework, paragraph 5 (Legal Framework) Sri Lanka 2005
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If elections are held again before a national identity document scheme is fully implemented, clarification and enforcement is needed on the procedure for establishing
each voter’s identity. Currently the polling instructions allow presiding officers to refuse a ballot to a voter if they are “certain” the person is not who they claim to be and no opportunity is given to sign the Declaration of Identity. This clearly contradicts the election law that specifies that voters whose identity is in doubt should be required to sign the Declaration of Identity in order to be issued a ballot. While the instructions may prevent impersonation, they may also result in undue disenfranchisement and clearly have no legal basis.
