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Election monitor documented the lack of sealed ballots in Chin State on the day of polls.

A citizen in Pegu Division who spoke to Burma Election Tracker described a personal experience with USDP's abuse of advance votes and overheard stories of other violations.

A citizen from Pegu Division who spoke to Burma Election Tracker explained the decision to boycott.

A citizen in Shan State who spoke to Burma Election Tracker described the lack of voter education. "I didn't vote. I'm a student. There's no public educational awareness and explanation regarding election, and people know nothing."

မဲမေပးပါ၊ေက်ာင္းသားတေယာက္ျဖစ္ပါသည္။ေရြးေကာက္ပြဲႏွင့္ပက္သက္၍ပညာေပးမႈမ်ား၊ေသခ်ာ ဂဃဏနရွင္းျပမႈမ်ားမရွိပါ။မသိရပါ။

A citizen in Karen State who spoke with Burma Election Tracker described the lack of voter education.

"I knew that I had to vote on the November 7, but I actually did not have good understanding on it. No one explained about the election. I did not cast advance, and I did not vote on the election day also. I have been hearing announcements but don't understand."

A citizen in Pegu Division who spoke to Burma Election Tracker described the authorities tight control over a stage managed election process tilted in favor of USDP.

A voter in Arakan State reported: "We employees were casting votes in the morning during office time. Because we had to cast vote in the presence of senior officers, we could not choose to vote the parties we like. We voted for the USDP as told by senior officers. Each employee were brought three envelopes with one ballot slip in each. On each slip, they had to tick on the boxes next to USDP logo. Envelopes with slips in them were then returned to TPDC chairperson without being sealed. Employees were threatened that they would be fired if did not vote for USDP."

A citizen in Pegu Division reported: "In our village, people were issued USDP membership cards. Residents who have no ID were provided these for free. It was like an ID card application process. People had to fill forms and sign them. 10 out of 10 people in a family had to fill in the forms. There are 5 people in my family. I did not vote but 4 others voted. They did not need to use their fingerprints. I did not hear about advance voting. At least one person in a household had to apply for ID. Many people in our village had no interest in the election."

A citizen in Mon State reported: "the entire village assembled and every villager was compelled to vote. There were fairly high number of voters. Police and soldiers involved in directing villagers to vote and everyone participated in voting and voted for lion party (USDP) as they were afraid. I don't think civilians like the election. I don't like it either. I don't expect anything out of the election."