The Election Commission announced the types of documents that can be produced at polling booths as proof of personal identification of voters for validation purposes, in order to cast their votes at the 2024 Presidential Election. According to the Election Commission, one of the following nine documents must be produced by voters at the polling stations as proof of their identity in order for ballot papers to be issued to them to cast their votes.
The documents that can be produced as proof of identity by voters at the polling stations are:
The National Identity Card issued by the Department of Registration of Persons,a valid passport, a valid driving licence, the pensioners’ identity card issued by the Department of Pensions, the Elders’ Identity Card issued by the Divisional Secretariat, the Bikkhu or Priest Identity Card issued by the Department of Registration of Persons, A letter issued by the Department of Registration of Persons confirming the particulars of the National Identity Card, a temporary Identity Card issued by the Election Commission, a temporary Identity Card issued to disabled persons by the Election Commission.
Unclear identity cards where photographs and details of voters are unidentifiable or illegible will not be accepted strictly at the polling stations and ballot papers will not be issued to them, the Election Commission stated.
The Election Commission further stated that cards issued by ministries, departments, government agencies, as well as receipts for applications for the National Identity Card will not be accepted as valid proof of identity documents for voting.
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