By Shamindra Ferdinando
One-time Executive Director of the election monitoring outfit CAFFE (Campaign for Free and Fair Elections) Keerthi Tennakoon says the Election Commission (EC) is in turmoil with over a dozen public servants being transferred under controversial circumstances. Tennakoon, who served as Governor of Uva, Southern and Central Provinces during Maihripala Sirisena’s tenure as the President, insists that recent spate of transfers and fresh appointments contrary to laid down procedures undermines the vital commission.
Tennakoon, who represented the Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) at the EC in the run-up to the last general election in Aug 2020, said so in response to our queries pertaining to the raging controversy over transferring of 15 public servants. Tennakoon said that the ongoing efforts to transform the EC to a puppet should be examined against the backdrop of the enactment of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution in October, 2020.
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Registering for new ID cards has not started
Article by June 28, 2021
The Electoral Department has advised that it has not started the process of registering members of the public for new Identification Cards (ID), as is being suggested in a message being circulated via WhatsApp.
Chief Electoral Officer, Angela Taylor, said that as the Electoral Department continues to ready itself for the roll-out, a small pilot project was recently done to ensure that the quality of the ID photograph meets the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standard.
Mrs. Taylor stressed that the public will be advised in advance through Government’s communications channels, including social media, and the traditional media, about the registration dates, times, places and the required documents, when that time comes.(BGIS)
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Maricopa County will not reuse most of its voting equipment after it has been with Arizona Senate contractors for its audit of November election results, the county announced Monday.
The potential cost to taxpayers is so far unknown. The county is about half way through a $6.1 million lease with Dominion Voting Systems for the equipment, but it s unclear whether it will have to pay the rest of the money owed under that lease, and whether the county or Senate will be on the hook.
The county s Board of Supervisors wrote in a June 28 letter to Secretary of State Katie Hobbs that they share her concerns about whether the hundreds of vote-counting machines that they had to give the Senate s contractors are safe to use, in part considering the contractors are not certified to handle election equipment in the United States.
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Maricopa County will not reuse most of its voting equipment after it has been with Arizona Senate contractors for its audit of November election results, the county announced Monday.
The potential cost to taxpayers is so far unknown. The county is about half way through a $6.1 million lease with Dominion Voting Systems for the equipment, but it s unclear whether it will have to pay the rest of the money owed under that lease, and whether the county or Senate will be on the hook.
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