The Election Commission (EC) has released a statement on the finger marking process for voters at the Parliamentary Election on November 14.
EC Chairman R. M. A. L. Rathnayake said that the index finger on the left hand will be marked at the 2024 Parliamentary Election, instead of the usual little finger on the left hand.
Any of the voters who do not have an index finger on their left hand will be marked on the thumb or any other finger on the right hand.
This decision has been made by the Election Commission as per Section 38(3)(b) of the Parliamentary Elections Act 1 of 1981, in order to avoid any potential issues due to the little finger on the left hand having been already marked for the 2024 Presidential Election and the thumb on the left hand which will be used for marking at the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha to be held tomorrow (26).
Meanwhile, Elections Commissioner General Saman Sri Ratnayake said that the election expenditure reports submitted to the Election Commission by the candidates who ran for the 2024 Presidential Election have been made public from yesterday (24) and that the income and expenditure reports of the 35 candidates who have submitted them to the Election Commission by the deadline will be displayed for public viewing in every District Secretariat office in the country.