“Now people have been submitting form No. 3. So it's likely the voter list will keep increasing. The voter list has been copied from the immigration department so there may still be errors.  We want the public to fill in [the gaps],” said U Linn Kyaw, an officer from the Chin State Election Sub-Commission.

 

Because many roads and bridges linking rural areas in Chan State have been destroyed by recent flooding, political parties and many members of the public worry about the reliability of voter lists for residents living in rural areas.

 

“Voter lists have more errors in the villages than in towns. There are cases of names not being included and misspelled. Transportation has hindered the flow of information,” said a local resident from Tiddim.

 

Chin State will have 782 voting stations on election day and at least three people have been assigned per station to guard the voting list. Each person performing this duty receives 3,000 kyats per day for their expenses.

 

Chin State, located in western Burma, had 266,943 eligible voters on the first voter list and a total of 273,673 eligible voters on the second voter list.  Concerns remain however that many people have still been left off of this list.  

 

Translated by Thida Linn with editing by BNI staff.