Media Outlets Form Alliance on Election Results Coverage

[webfact]

 

by Paul Rujopakarn

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thai media outlets have come together to form an alliance for covering unofficial results from polling stations during the upcoming general election. The move comes in response to the Election Commission’s (EC) decision to use a non-real time official reporting format.

 

The Association of Digital Television Broadcasting (Thailand) recently announced that it will cooperate to report unofficial election scores live from polling stations on election day.

 

This campaign involves 50 agencies and aims to provide unofficial election results to the public since the EC is adopting a non-real time reporting system this year.

 

The association’s president, Suphab Kleekachai, said the campaign aims to report the final, unofficial results from all polling stations across the country by 9:00 PM, which is earlier than the target of 11:00 PM set by the EC.

 

Adisak Limparungpatanakij, campaign director and advisor to the association, added that the tallies for party-list MPs should be reported by 7:00 PM, while the leading candidate at each constituent should be reported by 9:00 PM on the same evening.

 

The campaign will deploy 100,000 volunteers to report on unofficial results from all polling stations. They are currently recruiting additional volunteers, including observers from political parties and civic volunteers, to join the mission.

 

Data from 95,000 polling stations submitted by the volunteers will be processed at the campaign headquarters at Sripatum University in Bangkok and transmitted to TV stations and online news outlets.

 

The campaign is raising funds on the website D-Vote.com/TheWatcher and hopes to raise 12 million baht to cover operations at all polling stations nationwide.

 

Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG230327104419006

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2023-03-27

 

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[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai media outlets have come together to form an alliance for covering unofficial results from polling stations during the upcoming general election. The move comes in response to the Election Commission’s (EC) decision to use a non-real time official reporting format.

Does that mean 2-3 months again for the count?

[herfiehandbag]

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Does that mean 2-3 months again for the count?

Shame on you  @hotchilli, shame on you.

 

Are you suggesting that a modern vibrant democratic society, replete with an equally modern, extraordinarily vibrant and commited democratic leadership such as Thailand will seek to delay the election results?

 

No, there will be a clear indication of where victory lies rapidly. What inevitably takes time is the interpretation, validation, consideration of challenges and preparation of the presentation. Rest assured, the various modern, extraordinarily vibrant and commited democratic agencies of the state will labour ceaselessly to ensure that the wishes of the (appropriate) people are made manifest.

 

You will know when the results are ready to be announced, from the clouds of blue smoke from the tank parks of various barracks in and around Bangkok. Extraordinarily vibrant and commited as they are...

[hotchilli]

10 hours ago, herfiehandbag said:

Shame on you  @hotchilli, shame on you.

I hang my head in shame for thinking that such a thing could happen.