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Opposition Parties Might Boycott Results

Monday, November 08, 2010 Thar Gyi
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Several opposition parties in Burma have said they will not recognize the election results unless the country's Election Commission conducts vote-counting in a transparent and clear manner, after the election on Sunday was marred by widespread fraud and a low voter turnout.
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Burma Holds Rare Elections amid Heavy Criticism

Sunday, November 07, 2010 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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RANGOON — Voters in Burma's first election in 20 years cast their ballots Sunday amid both a barrage of criticism that the balloting was rigged in favor of the ruling military and hope that some change toward democratic reform might nonetheless follow.
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NDF Calls for Cancellation of Unfair Advance Votes

Saturday, November 06, 2010 BA KAUNG
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The National Democratic Force (NDF), the political party which broke off from opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, sent a letter on Saturday to junta chief Snr-Gen Than Shwe and Burma's Union Election Commission (EC) calling for a repudiation of the widespread advance ballots extracted from the voters using dishonest methods.
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Soldiers Forced to Vote for USDP

Saturday, November 06, 2010 THE IRRAWADDY
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With an armed forces of up to half a million men and women, winning the military vote is crucial in a Burmese election. Still, it appears the military regime does not even trust its own soldiers as it has ordered all its personnel and their families to cast advance votes in favor of the pro-junta Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP).
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Advance Vote Push Reflects Junta’s Fears

Saturday, November 06, 2010 WAI MOE
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Officials from Burma's Union Election Commission (EC) launched a door-to-door campaign this week to collect advance votes in Rangoon and other larger cities, reflecting the military junta's fear that that the position of its proxy party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), may not be secure due to the party's unpopularity among the electorate, according to sources.
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Nyan_win80"Once her [Aung San Suu Kyi's] sentence expires in November, and that notion is not disputed, it is our understanding that she will have served her sentence."
—Nyan Win, the foreign minister of Burma

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