Early voting marred by issues


Doing her part: An elderly woman wearing a face mask casting her vote in Yangon. — Reuters

On the first day of advance voting here, voters faced torn envelopes and some ballots merely had the contesting party names written by hand, in a clear lack of standardisation.

Advance voting began on Oct 29 and will run until Nov 5.

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