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Watching the Vote Count in Burma

Watching the Vote Count in Burma

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Nov 10, 2010
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Five minutes before the polls closed at 4pm, my cousin, four neighbors and I entered a school in a Rangoon suburb where two polling stations had been set up.

I wanted to be one of the last voters. My plan was to monitor the vote-counting process as it is my right under the election laws: at least 10 people are allowed to observe at each station. But like…

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