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Monday, April 28, 2008 4:46 AM
Subject: [ZONET] Some allowed to vote in advance due to emergencies
Some allowed to vote in advance due to emergencies
Khonumthung News
April 28, 2008.
Some individuals in Zomi (Chin) state, Burma have already begun to
exercise
their franchise to approve the draft constitution in the referendum ahead
of
May 10, the officially scheduled date for voting across the country.
Local authorities in Zomi (Chin) state were said to have allowed some
persons who needed to travel for further studies or for emergencies to
cast
their votes in quarters or village council offices in their respective
areas
since April 15.
"I've already submitted my ballot paper in an envelope to the village
council members who were appointed as sub-commission to monitor voting for
the constitutional referendum," a voter who arrived in Rangoon, the former
capital of Burma said.
On behalf of the so called "emergency voters", the village or quarter
authorities will put the ballots in envelopes and drop it into a ballot
box
set up in respective towns and villages on May 10
The voters did not mention whether they had voted "No" or "Yes" for
security
concerns.
The local authorities in Matupi Township in Zomi (Chin) state had issued
some ballots to some students and travelers as an emergency case, a
student
who arrived in Mandalay, second capital of Burma said.
Some Burmese citizens abroad like in Japan and Singapore had already begun
voting for the constitutional referendum in their country's embassies.
Around 12 Burmese demanding the right to vote were injured in a scuffle
with
Japanese police outside the Burmese Embassy in Tokyo on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Burmese democracy activists in exile staged a peaceful
demonstration in front of Burmese embassy in Singapore and Thailand urging
people to vote "No" against the draft constitution.
Yesterday, security was tightened in Rangoon for fear of possible protest
against the referendum.
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