Video: Ballot boxes to be shuffled to ensure secrecy

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Ballot boxes from different villages and divisional secretariat areas will be shuffled together for the first time at the counting of votes in tomorrow’s provincial council election to ensure secrecy on how people in a certain area have voted, Elections Chief Mahinda Deshapriya said today.

He said this action was being taken for the first time in some polling divisions to ensure the secrecy of voting patterns.

Mr. Deshapriya said this system would be experimented when counting the votes at the elections to the Northern Provincial Council and in some areas in the Central Province and the Puttalam District. However, he said this system would not be followed in Kurunegala District as the decision to introduce this new system was decided after all arrangements were made in that particular district.

According to this system it will not be possible to determine the result of a particular village or a divisional secretariat area as in the past.(Yohan Perera & Ajith Siriwardana)

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GC Friday, 20 September 2013 04:49 PM

Can potential stuffing of ballot boxes and other abuses too go unnoticed?

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northerner Friday, 20 September 2013 05:01 PM

so, this is how some unknown votes going to come in and people would not know where it came from... ultimate secrecy...

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Brumpi Friday, 20 September 2013 05:25 PM

Why all this suddenly for this election? It is because the International community is watching closely. Sorry the "so called patriots".

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Sonali Friday, 20 September 2013 06:27 PM

So what's the big deal?

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fazlyfazlyzly Saturday, 21 September 2013 12:31 AM

Elections are held in a transparent manner so to enable the voter to express his free will and the counting done so as to give a honest view of his/her wish.
your idea is surprising and one cannot see any justification in this respect. please do not sour an election into a pickle with this method.
Anyway, i smell a rat a mile away!

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Channa Saturday, 21 September 2013 01:13 AM

Mr.D, denda neda yane wede ? when we think all tactics have been used, you come up with a new one...certainly the wonder of Asia!!!

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Muheed Jeeran Saturday, 21 September 2013 04:09 AM

So this is what you call democracy!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well based on this strategy we can understand what is the situation of Sri Lanka's system.

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freelanced Saturday, 21 September 2013 04:46 AM

Be happy that at least this is corrected now. This has been the system for the past 5-6 decades. We should not let the political parties micro analyses the results at village level, especially when the townships are isolated and small.

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sri lankan Saturday, 21 September 2013 05:04 AM

So They can do the computer gilmart easliy.

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M.V.R.Perera Saturday, 21 September 2013 07:44 AM

Then how can you reconcile the ballots issued with the ballots cast which can lead to a jilmart

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Labby Saturday, 21 September 2013 10:46 AM

This elections commissioner has the looks of a total idiot. He utters nonsense and the most weird suggestions.

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Calistus Jayatilleke Saturday, 21 September 2013 11:35 AM

Shuffling, and then stuffing and finally Jilmart. Hail the election system of Sri Lanka.

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Lucky Weeramantry Saturday, 21 September 2013 11:40 AM

The Ballot Boxes Will Be Shuffled And Stuffed.

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Andrew Pitugala Saturday, 21 September 2013 01:31 PM

Once it is shuffled all such abuses cannot be traced.

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