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• Voter list disputes overshadow election in Chin State
• General Aung San’s hometown has become an election battleground
• No second-chance ballots, voters warned
• NLD leader urges government not to fear election result
• Two independents offer support for president
• Census figures on religion to be released by year’s end
• Myanmar Journalism Institute elects new board
• Ethnic group denies kidnapping accusations
• China pledges support for next Myanmar government regardless of winner

Voter list disputes overshadow election in Chin State Posted: 26 Oct 2015 12:27 AM PDT "Invisible" voters could help sway the election in Chin State for the government, opposition ethnic parties are warning.

General Aung San’s hometown has become an election battleground Posted: 26 Oct 2015 12:27 AM PDT The National League for Democracy has a fight on its hands in Natmauk, the birthplace of General Aung San, the nation's founder and the father of the party's chair, according to locals. With less than two weeks before the township's 170,000 voters will cast their ballots in 282 polling stations, no clear winner has emerged.

No second-chance ballots, voters warned Posted: 26 Oct 2015 12:26 AM PDT Voters are being warned to cast their ballot carefully, as replacement papers for blotched or mismarked ballots will not be available, the election commission said.

NLD leader urges government not to fear election result Posted: 26 Oct 2015 12:25 AM PDT Have no fear. Delivering a campaign speech to her own supporters, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has also sent a message to the military-backed government – don't be afraid of the election results.

Two independents offer support for president Posted: 26 Oct 2015 12:25 AM PDT Two former Nay Pyi Taw Council members running as independent candidates have spared no measure to demonstrate their allegiance to the government of President U Thein Sein.

Census figures on religion to be released by year’s end Posted: 26 Oct 2015 12:23 AM PDT Long-awaited data on religion from the 2014 census will be published at the end of the year ­- after the elections – according to a government official.

Myanmar Journalism Institute elects new board Posted: 26 Oct 2015 12:23 AM PDT The Myanmar Journalism Institute has elected a new board of directors, with a former student activist and one-time airline hijacker chosen as chair.

Ethnic group denies kidnapping accusations Posted: 26 Oct 2015 12:22 AM PDT A Rakhine armed group that signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement has rejected accusations that it has kidnapped three Bangladeshi tourists for ransom. The Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) says the allegations are designed to destroy its image.

China pledges support for next Myanmar government regardless of winner Posted: 26 Oct 2015 12:19 AM PDT China will support the new government that emerges from next month's elections in Myanmar no matter which party wins, senior officials told The Myanmar Times in Beijing.

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