Office of the Election Commission of Thailand, May 7 – The secretary-general of the Election Commission of Thailand admitted that the nonthaburi pre-election made a mistake. The Election Commission filled in the code on the wrong page of the envelope for 100 people, insisting that it did not affect their rights.
Mr. Sawaeng Boonmee, Secretary-General of the Election Commission of Thailand (EC) announced that there were problems in advance elections. This morning (May 7), after opening for early voting for more than 6 hours, with about 3 hours remaining, voting will be closed. But at about 10 o'clock, the polling station was detected in Nonthaburi province. The Election Commissioner (MWA) wrote the constituency code on the front of the envelope for inserting the wrong ballot paper. By writing constituencies, district 2, but the official fills in as district 4 and enters the postal code instead of the provincial code. Approximately 100 people found the error.
The secretary-general of the Election Commission said that there was an argument among people in the social world that could cause misunderstandings that unit committee members had entered the wrong provincial code. does not match the postal code where the voter is domiciled I would like to clarify that the code that the unit committee will fill in. The first 2 digits are the province code and the last 3 digits are the constituency code. Which the constituency code is different from the postal code, for example, Nonthaburi Province, the first 2 digits of the postal code are 12, but the first 2 digits of the constituency code are 11.
“The incident occurred about an hour after the rights were opened to the public, with about 100 people already using the rights, the officers then changed the card box. which after closing the chest will be sorted by the staff of the MWA and the post office. Those who have the right to vote for any political party will receive the vote accordingly. Confirm that the card can be sent in the exact area, ”said Mr. Sawang.
The secretary-general of the ECT said that the incident was a mistake by our staff. But everything acts in good faith. which must be checked whether it is a mistake in good faith or not, however, confirming that what happened today will not happen on May 14, because that day's election is an election by unit No need to put in the postal envelope.-Thai News Agency
Source: Thai News Agency