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Reflections of a first-time voter
Thin Lei Win reflects on her feelings of civic duty pride after voting for the very first time, after living abroad during the flawed 2010 election.
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Thin Lei Win reflects on her feelings of civic duty pride after voting for the very first time, after living abroad during the flawed 2010 election.
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In Kawhmu, a rural district south of Rangoon, elderly voters, perhaps those most used to an early wake-up, file into the voting booth.
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Polling stations have opened across the country as some 30 million voters decide.
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“We cannot have a preference for a particular party. Under the current circumstances, we will have to vote for the USDP only,” said an army official from Karen State.
Civil servants, police and elderly locals in Prome were among the first citizens within Burma to cast their votes in the historic general election as pre-voting opened across the country on Thursday.
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After a day of uncertainty, Burma’s election commission announces that the country’s general election will go ahead as scheduled on 8 November.
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Thin Lei Win was too young to vote in the 1990 election, and lived abroad during the 2010 failed ballot. Now back in Burma, she is eager to have her say.
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Burmese embassies in Thailand and Singapore have announced the advance polling dates for Burmese nationals abroad
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The 2015 election is up and running. Political parties take to the streets on the first day of what is sure to be a tense and competitive campaign period.
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Red tape and confusion contributed to apathy, resulting in only 19,000 of the millions of Burmese abroad registered to vote.
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Burma’s Election Commission says 330 constituencies are confirmed for the lower house, 168 for the upper house, and 644 for regional parliaments.
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The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy will be the only major ethnic party to contest the election in Namhkam Township against the USDP, NLD and NUP.
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The Union Election Commission (UEC) has pledged to assist people with disabilities so they may conveniently vote in the upcoming general election.
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The commission said that residents can report erroneous exclusions or inclusions on the list to election officials.
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A total of 73 political parties are approved to run in the upcoming general election, with 14 more being considered by the Election Commission.
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Naypyidaw has advised that non-citizens will have their white cards expire on 31 March 2015, despite a parliamentary decision to allow holders to vote in an upcoming referendum.
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A demonstration against proportional representation attracted 300 protestors in Pazungdaung township, Rangoon on Sunday.
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The upper house of Burma’s Parliament has passed a proposal to recommend that the Union Election Commission (UEC) adopt a proportional representation (PR) voting system in future elections.
Discussion on a proposal to switch to a proportional representation voting system continued this week in parliament.
Burma’s Union Parliament on Friday approved a bill amending the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law, effectively empowering the parliament’s speaker to choose a voting method – i.e. show of hands, rising vote or computerised vote – for adopting bills.
Citing security concerns, Burma’s Union Election Commission announced that polling stations in Kachin state will be closed during the country’s upcoming by-elections
Switch from anonymous computerised system to open head-count in parliament concerns MPs who claim move may reinforce tribalism