Yangon, Dec. 28 -- Before dawn broke over downtown Yangon on Sunday, election officials were already preparing inside a polling station near City Hall. Myanmar kicked off its first phase of the national multi-party general election on the day, marking the country's first-ever use of an electronic voting system.
At 6 a.m., voting officially began. Voters entered the polling stations, where they proceeded through security checks, identity verification and signing procedures before casting their ballots for the Pyithu Hluttaw (Lower House), Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper House) and State and Region Hluttaws (State and Region Parliaments).
Some voters remarked that the process of voting using electronic devices was simpler than they had expected.
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