Lanka to stop tsunami victims voting from the grave

Elections' Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake said polling cards would be sent out to those believed to have perished in the December 26 Indian Ocean tsunami but these will be specially marked to indicate the voter is dead.

The problem arose because the voter register to be used for the November 17 election had been completed before the tsunami and contained the names of thousands of people who were killed by the thunderous waves.