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Thai EC urged to solve technical electoral problems
BANGKOK, June 27 (TNA) - Thai caretaker prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has called for the Election Commission of Thailand (EC) to solve technical problems found during advance polling nationwide on Sunday, including reinstating the electoral right of voters who have not changed their voting status from advance polls.
Abhisit, who is also leader of Thailand's Democrat Party, acknowledged on Monday that several people had registered to vote in advance in the last election and did not know that they would also have to vote in advance this time; so, they had failed to inform the EC that they wanted to vote on the election day on July 3 this time.
As several voters had complained that they had just been informed they would not be allowed to vote on the July 3 general election, Abhisit urged the Thai election agency to explain to the public and to find solutions to all emerging technical problems.
Meanwhile, EC Secretary General Suthipol Thaweechaikarn admitted that there were some technical glitches in the June 26 advance election nationwide, as just slightly over 50 per cent of Thai eligible voters who had registered for the advance poll had turned out to exercise their electoral right this time—although some 90 per cent of voters who had registered to vote in advance at their constituencies exercised their right.
The EC secretary general said, however, that Sunday's advance poll ran smoothly in general, with some 1.49 million voters, or 55.6 per cent of some 2.6 million voters who had registered for the advance voting outside their constituencies, casting their ballots.
The EC secretary general conceded that other problems found were the voters could not cast their ballots in time when the poll closed at 3pm and some others' names went missing, saying that the EC would discuss and work out solutions to the problems. (TNA)
Abhisit, who is also leader of Thailand's Democrat Party, acknowledged on Monday that several people had registered to vote in advance in the last election and did not know that they would also have to vote in advance this time; so, they had failed to inform the EC that they wanted to vote on the election day on July 3 this time.
As several voters had complained that they had just been informed they would not be allowed to vote on the July 3 general election, Abhisit urged the Thai election agency to explain to the public and to find solutions to all emerging technical problems.
Meanwhile, EC Secretary General Suthipol Thaweechaikarn admitted that there were some technical glitches in the June 26 advance election nationwide, as just slightly over 50 per cent of Thai eligible voters who had registered for the advance poll had turned out to exercise their electoral right this time—although some 90 per cent of voters who had registered to vote in advance at their constituencies exercised their right.
The EC secretary general said, however, that Sunday's advance poll ran smoothly in general, with some 1.49 million voters, or 55.6 per cent of some 2.6 million voters who had registered for the advance voting outside their constituencies, casting their ballots.
The EC secretary general conceded that other problems found were the voters could not cast their ballots in time when the poll closed at 3pm and some others' names went missing, saying that the EC would discuss and work out solutions to the problems. (TNA)
