All election campaigns and canvassing for the Parliamentary Election 2024 will end at midnight on Monday, November 11, the Election Commission stated.
Accordingly, there remains only four more days to conduct election campaigns and canvassing by candidates from recognised political parties, independent groups and political parties.
The Commissioner General of Elections, Saman Sri Ratnayake speaking to the media yesterday (7) said that the three days ‘Silent Period’ commences effective midnight on Monday, November 11 where no election related campaigning or canvassing can be carried out by any candidates from political parties, independent groups and political parties contesting until the end of the Parliamentary Election on Thursday, November 14.
The Election Commissioner requested all the candidates to refrain from having their family members not to go house to house canvassing to appeal for votes during this silent period which is deemed as an illegal act violating election laws.
The Commissioner further said that any religious places, religious priests and any type of religious activities cannot be used for election related advertising purposes to promote candidates by taking photos for publicity.
Meanwhile, today (8) marks the final day for casting postal votes for the Parliamentary Election.
Voters of the three armed forces camps and all the government institutions who failed to cast their postal votes on the previously allotted days can mark their postal votes today and the voting can be done at the District Election offices of each district where the places of employment of voters are situated, the Election Commission stated.
The distribution of official polling cards ended yesterday by the Postal Department and Deputy Postmaster General of the Postal Department, Rajitha Ranasinghe said that those who have not received their official polling cards can collect them from the post office that distribute their letters in the area by producing their National Identity Cards until the day of the election on November 14.
The 2024 Parliamentary Election will be held on Thursday, November 14 from 7 am to 4 pm with 17.1 million voters eligible to cast their votes to elect members of the next parliament that is scheduled to be convened on November 21.
(DailyNews)
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