A total of 401,118 are qualified for the postal voting and ballot papers are already delivered by the postal department, the Elections Secretariat said.

Elections Commissioner, Dayananda Dissanayake has given approval to the PAFFREL and CMEV to monitor the postal voting process to allay fears of malpractices.

These two bodies will monitor the marking of postal votes on January 12 and 13 for the sixth presidential election.

According to the Elections Secretariat, in addition to the two days set apart for postal voting, the postal voters would be granted a grace period up to January 26, 12 noon. Any request to vote after that deadline would be turned down, sources said.

The Elections Secretariat also announced that they had to reject 57,036 postal voting applications being not in order. Applications for the postal votes were accepted from November 27, to December 07, 2009.

Returning Officers have already informed the certifying officers to make necessary arrangements at suitable places to cast postal votes. The Elections Secretariat further said that those who failed to cast their votes today and tomorrow will be facilitated to vote on January 26.