Elections Commission (EC) has announced that 65 ballot boxes will be kept in resort islands and five boxes will be set up abroad for the September 9 presidential election.
EC Vice President Ismail Habeeb said on Tuesday that enough voters re-registered on 65 resorts and five countries to set up ballot boxes.
The countries which are confirmed to have ballot boxes are;
- Trivandrum, India
- Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- London, England
- United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi
More than 40,000 people applied to re-register for the presidential election out of which 35,849 were approved.
The first round of voting will be held on September 9. Depending on the results, a run-off round will be held on September 30.
EC states that 282,395 people are eligible to vote in this election with more than 600 ballot boxes expected to be set up.
