Sri Lanka, July 8 -- Discontinuing the use of indelible ink at elections could save nearly Rs. 100 million per election without compromising the integrity of the voting process, Executive Director of the People's Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL), Rohana Hettiarachchi, said.

Speaking on the matter, Hettiarachchi said the cost of purchasing and importing indelible ink amounts to around Rs. 30 million for each election. In addition, an official must be deployed at every polling station solely to apply the ink before voters cast their ballot. He said with approximately 14,000 polling stations across the country and each official receiving around Rs. 4,000 for election day duty, the cost of deploying officers for the task alone a...