Burma's Rural Poor Ignore Election

While weeding at a farm 20 miles from Meikthila in central Burma, in a job that earns her 1,500 kyat (US $ 1.50) a day in central Burma, Khin Mar Tin, one of Burma's 30 million eligible voters, said she has no idea about any political developments in Burma and has zero knowledge about the political parties in the November election.

A mother of four, she …