Scrutiny reveals deceased on electoral roll

Civil society groups say they have uncovered many errors – including the names of dead people – on electoral rolls that the Union Election Commission has allowed them to scrutinise in the lead-up to next year’s national election.

The electoral roll pilot project involved 17 civil society groups separately visiting three locations in July and August to assess electoral knowledge and the state of the rolls. Ahlone township in Yangon, Tedim township in Chin State and Myitkyina township in Kachin State were chosen to respectively represent urban, rural and ceasefire areas.

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