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Election authorities in Sri Lanka say that all aspiring legislators will be allowed into counting centres when preferential votes are counted. Ratnapura Senior Assistant Election Commissioner MAPC Perera told the journalists that the unprecedented measure is taken to prevent allegations over discrepancies in the selection of winners. He also admitted that a small number of applications for postal voting has been rejected due to various reasons. "Not fully completing the application forms, mistakes by the certifying officer, failing to meet the deadline and applications from those who are not entitled to postal voting have been the reason for the rejection," he said. Mr. Perera however stressed that all those whose applications for postal voting have been rejected are entitled to cast their vote on 08 April. 7620 candidates are contesting to be elected as a parliamentarian;196 MPs are to be elected on 08 April general elections. | LOCAL LINKS  'No democracy' former chief justice 15 March, 2010 | Sandeshaya State of emergency extended09 March, 2010 | Sandeshaya Govt. 'to abolish' executive presidency07 March, 2010 | Sandeshaya Battle to force electoral regulations05 March, 2010 | Sandeshaya Court orders probe on State TV01 March, 2010 | Sandeshaya EXTERNAL LINKS The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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