Tag: election
Advance Voters Report Harassment by Polling Officers
Seniors in southern Shan State who are eligible for advance voting for Burma's election complained of harassment by staff at polling stations. According to the...
Ethnic Parties Face Obstacles Campaigning in Eastern Shan State
Political parties contesting Burma’s election this coming Sunday (November 8) are having trouble campaigning in areas of eastern Shan State’s Mong Hsat Township, which...
SNDP Only Fielding One Candidate in Taunggyi Township
Only one candidate from Shan Nationalities Development Party (SNDP) is contesting a seat in Shan State Parliament for constituency-1 in Taunggyi Township. SNDP's electoral candidate...
Quarantined Voters from Outlining Townships Faced Extra Hurdles Casting Advance Ballots
By Hseng Leng/SHAN Some eligible voters staying in quarantine facilities in Shan State, located outside their constituency, lost the opportunity to cast advance ballots for...
TNP Won’t Join Coalition Opposed to Election Cancellation in Mong Kung...
The Ta'ang National Party (TNP) refused to join an agreement signed by other parties opposing the Union Election Commission's (EC) decision to stop the...
Seik Phoo Residents Want Polling Reinstated
Residents of Seik Phoo village-tract, located in northern Shan State, are frustrated polling has been stopped in their area. "I don't understand why they canceled...
UEC Cancels Election in Southern Shan State’s Mong Kung Township
Burma's Union Election Commission announced polling in Mong Kung Township is canceled despite there hasn't been any fighting in the southern Shan State township. Sai...
SNLD Campaign Car Tumbles Into Shweli River, Killing Three, Child Still...
By Hseng Leng/SHAN Three women were killed and a child is missing after a vehicle carrying Shan National League for Democracy (SNLD) election campaigners drove...
Migrant Workers Cast Advance Votes in Northern Thailand
Migrant workers from Burma living in nine provinces in northern Thailand begin casting advance voting for the 2020 general election at the Myanmar Consulate...
