Office of the EC, May 8 – The EC clarified 91.37% of the total number of voting rights outside the province, reiterating the measure of sending advance ballots to the voters’ districts for sure.
Today (May 8, 2023), the Office of the Election Commission of Thailand has informed the number of people who come to vote in advance. In the election of MPs on May 7, 2023, with 60,786 people registering for advance voting in the constituencies, 57,362 people exercised their rights, representing approximately 94.37 percent. 2,222,380 people who voted in advance outside the constituencies, 2,030,628 people exercised their rights, representing approximately 91.37 percent.
For people with disabilities or disabilities or the elderly who request to exercise the right to vote before the election day at the central election For people with disabilities or disabilities or the elderly With a total of 2,356 voters, 1,372 people exercised their rights in advance in the constituencies and 752 people exercised their rights in advance outside the constituencies, totaling 2,124 people, representing approximately 90.15 percent.
In addition, the Election Commission of Thailand also clarified the measures for sending advance ballots to count votes at the constituency on May 14, 2023, that after voting in advance on May 7 ended, candidates were sent. On behalf of the Office of the Election Commission of Thailand, joining representatives of Thailand Post Co., Ltd. to sort out ballot envelopes. sent from pre-election outside the constituency outside the kingdom and the election of persons with disabilities or handicaps or the elderly It will be separated from the envelope containing the ballot according to the name of the province, constituency and district code on the front of the envelope for Thailand Post Company Limited to deliver to that constituency. There will be security police officers and CCTV cameras with GPS installed at the polling place. and a rigorous ballot transport vehicle build confidence and safety along the way
The news stream that The ballot paper will not correspond to the constituency of the voter on that day of the pre-election. By categorizing by the constituency where the voter has requested to register. to check the number of ballot envelopes that Thailand Post Co., Ltd. will send back to vote counting at the vote counting locations of every constituency. by the envelope containing the said ballot The vote counting committee for ballots outside the district outside the kingdom and ballot papers for polling stations for people with disabilities or disabilities or the elderly Votes will be counted at 5:00 p.m. on Election Day, May 14, at the vote counting location set by the constituency committee. – Thai News Agency
Source: Thai News Agency