Northern Shan State
5 November -- Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP) members in Northern Shan State’s Namtu township were prohibited from wearing their traditional clothes in polling booths, according to local sources.

Local sources said, the Chairman of Township Peace and Development Council (TPDC) told SNDP’s members, who were monitoring polling stations, not to wear their traditional clothes. Otherwise, they would not be allowed to enter the polling booths.

Similarly, township election commissions also instructed all members assigned to take charge of polling stations to wear white shirt and/ blouses and green longyis/ skirts. People, who wore their traditional clothes, would be "dragged out" from the polling booths, it was stated.

The instruction was given not only in Namtu but also in Mongmit, Kyaukme and Lashio.

Latest reports said that due to similar instructions, SNDP members in Lashio and officers-in-charge of polling stations were reported to have had some argument this morning over the SNDP members’ Shan dress.

“The SNDP members wore their Shan traditional clothes. But they were not allowed to enter the polling booths. They were told to return and change their clothes,” a voter who had just cast his vote today said.

In addition, no one from Man Ai village tract in Lashio came to vote due to the heightened security in the village, a local source told SHAN.

“Dozens of policemen were on the streets. People therefore were afraid because they had never experienced this before,” he added.

7 November, names of all family members of imprisoned Shan leader of Shan State Army (SSA) ‘North’ Maj-Gen Hso Ten, who was sentenced to 106 years in prison in 2005, were not included in the voters list.

7 November 2010, Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP) candidates in Muse township were not allowed to enter the polling booths.

“They were forbidden by the election commissions in Mongkoe and Mongpaw. And people who came to cast votes were told to vote for the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP). Sometimes they even cast votes in the voters’ stead,” a local source said.

7 November, Many households in Kyaukme township were not listed in the voters list, say local sources.

“Not only did I not see my name on the board but also those of my family. No one from our family was in the voters list. There are many people that were not in the list,” he said.

“Anyhow, I tried another way and voted. I used another ID card and voted. They did not say anything. I voted for the Shan party because I am of Shan nationality even though I don’t expect much from it,” the voter told SHAN.

Southern Shan State

6 November, The Election Commissions in Mongkeung township cancelled the plan of setting up polling booths in Ham-ngai and Mongkhun villages tract citing security, according to SNDP members.

People from the two village tracts therefore were told to go and cast votes in Pangkaytu, 20 miles far from their village tract.

“They just came and told us last night at about 18:00. How could we have time to inform villagers? Then villagers had to go there on foot because there is no motor road,” a SNDP member told SHAN.

“It is like they were bullying us. We think there may be only 10 out of 100 per cent going there to vote,” he said.

6 November, The Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) members in Langkhurh Township without the knowledge of its rival parties entered houses and took 300 votes from villagers at night, according to local villagers.

“But most of the people voted for the White Tiger (SNDP). If the White Tiger loses it will be obvious that they are cheating on our votes,” a voter said.

7 November, People in Loilem township’s Panglong constituency No. 2 were urged by Daw Khin Than Nu, a candidate of National Unity Party (NUP) in the polling stations to cast votes for her party.

According to the electoral law, no party is allowed to campaign within 500 yards of polling stations.