Some 800,000 citizens in Bangkok have registered to forged their ballots ahead of the May 14 General Election, as they intend to interact in early voting on May 7. Among the 2.35 million voters nationwide who’ve registered for advance voting, quite a few are located in Thailand’s capital metropolis, with 74 polling stations available.
The largest variety of early voters registered at Ramkhamhaeng University, with round 52,000 individuals registered, adopted by Royal Paragon Hall with forty,000 registrations and Huai Kwang district workplace, which saw 28,000 registrations. Other polling stations with a high turnout of registrations embrace the Bang Khen district office (26,000), the Thai-Japanese Stadium (25,300), Lat Krabang district office (25,200), Bang Na district office (24,000), the automobile park at Central Rama 2 shopping center (23,000), the car park at Wat That Thong (22,800), and Chandra Rajabhat University (22,200).
From March 25 to April 9, 2,350,969 folks throughout the nation registered for early voting. In How-to of the General Election on May 14, advance voting is scheduled for May 7.
Somchai Srisutthiyakorn, the chairman of Seri Ruam Thai’s coverage steering committee and a former election commissioner, has urged the Election Commission (EC) to enhance transparency by offering extra details about the voting rights of individuals living abroad. Somchai expressed these issues via his Facebook account yesterday.
Among the problems raised by Somchai had been the numerous peculiarities in the handling of abroad voting, together with the elimination of postal voting, which he argued was the most convenient methodology for voters. Additionally, there have been reported delays in sending out ballot papers and discrepancies within the pictures of candidates from two separate parties not matching their assigned ballot numbers in Bangkok’s constituency eleven.
Furthermore, confusion arose relating to the distribution of voting paperwork. For instance, some residents eligible to vote in Amnat Charoen’s Constituency 2 were also given documents permitting them to vote in Nonthaburi’s Constituency four..