Parading Comedians and Machines for Election Circus; Rousing the Military Vote; and More

Myanmar’s junta-backed election body is busy preparing for a planned poll in December, training staff to use electronic voting machines in place of paper ballots and exploring ways to boost public support for an election deemed crucial to the junta’s claims of legitimacy.

On Wednesday, junta Union Election Commission chairman Ko Ko met with the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission to discuss election observers and voting accessibility for the disabled, the elderly, and pregnant women. The meeting came two weeks after he instructed pro-junta media outlets to promote the commission’s activities to the public.