General Election- Over 21,000 postal ballot applications turned down

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A total of 21,160 postal ballot applications have been rejected out of the overall applications submitted for 2024 General Election,
according to the Election Commission.The chairman of the Election Commision, R.M.A.L
Rathnayake stated that an overall of 759,210 postal ballot applications were gotten for the upcoming general election
The process of accepting postal voting applications has actually now been completed
Out of the 759,210 applications submitted, 738,050 have actually been accepted
This marks an increase of 25,731 postal votes compared to the recent presidential election, Rathnayake explained.He even more discussed
that the shipment of ballot papers for postal ballot will begin on October 23
Furthermore, the official ballot papers are scheduled for release on October 26
Arrangements have also been made to allocate airtime for the candidates tomorrow at the auditorium of the Colombo District Secretariat
Authorized agents of all political celebrations and independent groups have actually been notified about the event, he added.