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Ethnic Parties Believe They Can Win

Saturday, November 06, 2010 KO HTWE
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Despite the fact that the junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is collecting advanced votes using controversial methods and is engaging in other forms of vote manipulation, ethnic political parties still believe their candidates have a chance to win in Sunday's election.
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NUP Files Complaint Against USDP Vote Rigging

Saturday, November 06, 2010 HTET AUNG
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The candidate for the National Unity Party (NUP) in Hinthada Township in Irrawaddy Division complained on Saturday to the Election Commission of illegal practices in collecting advanced votes by his rival, Htay Oo, the general-secretary of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP).
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Complaints Mount on Eve of Election

Saturday, November 06, 2010 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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RANGOON—Some of the bigger parties contesting Sunday's election in military-ruled Burma have raised fresh complaints of unfairness, including voters being threatened if they don't back the ruling junta's party.
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Ethnic Parties May Boycott Election Results if Fixed

Friday, November 05, 2010 BA KAUNG
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Citing strong objections over the reported cases of advance voting abuses by officials ahead of Sunday's general election in Burma, two major ethnic political parties declared on Friday that they will most likely contest the elections results.
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Advance Votes Rigged in Shan State

Friday, November 05, 2010 KO HTWE
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Reports coming out of Shan State in northeast Burma suggest the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and the authorities are collecting advance pro-USDP votes through intimidation in many rural area across Shan State.
According to the Shan State election watch group, the authorities are forcing villagers to vote in advance in villages near Kyethi, Lashio, Mong Ya, and Tang Yan Townships.
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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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