Sri Lankans will vote on Saturday for their next president, who will be key to deciding the future of reforms in a nation slowly emerging from worst financial crisis in decades.

As the US presidential election approaches, early voting will begin in several states, allowing voters to cast their ballots ahead of the official Election Day on November 5.

Senator Aaron Rouse is chairman of the committee that oversees voting laws in Virginia, and he says Democrats will continue to reject Republican efforts to roll back early voting. "It's very hypocritical for Republicans to bring bills forward in the General Assembly and actually sign on to bills that would restrict the number of early voting days,