Sources of the Election Commission state that the postal polling cannot be held at the end of this month due to the non-availability of postal ballot papers for the local government elections.
The Election Commission had not yet received the postal ballot papers from the Department of government printing.
The Election Commission had planned to deliver the postal ballots to the post office next Tuesday for distribution to polling stations.
The Election Commission had planned to hold postal voting in the local government elections on the 28th, 29th and 30th of this month.