Sri Lanka Empowers Overseas Citizens with Voting Rights
The Sri Lankan government is taking significant steps to enable citizens living overseas to vote. Cabinet has approved the initiation of legislative amendments to current election laws. A special committee will explore the modalities to implement this new provision, providing voting rights to overseas Sri Lankans.
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In a landmark move, the Sri Lankan government is working towards enabling its overseas citizens to exercise their voting rights. This follows a Cabinet decision to start amending existing election laws.
Ministries have been tasked with proposing new legislation to facilitate this process, according to officials.
A committee with members from the Elections Commission will soon deliberate on the legal and logistical modalities required to make overseas voting a reality.
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