The Elections Secretariat says those who were unable to cast their postal votes on Aug. 3, Aug 5 and Aug. 6 can do so on Saturday, August 8.

Additional Elections Commissioner M.M Mohamed said that they need to visit their district returning officer’s office to do this.

Meanwhile, the Postal Department says the transportation of the secure packets containing the marked postal votes has begun. Postmaster Rohana Abeyratne said that steps are currently being taken to hand over these secure packets to the offices of the returning officers on Friday.

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