Election Fever

[Rimmer]

Took my GF and her family to the special voting station for Thai folks living in Pattaya but not registered here. It is at the school on the North Bound lane of Sukhumvit just after the Banglamung power Office turning.

Took us one and a half hours from North Road to the polling station as the traffic was solid with all kinds of vehicles going to Banglamung polling station to vote. Taxis, Construction workers, military personell in trucks and just ordinary people walking and taking their motorcyes to the polling booths. Believe Pattaya proper must have been empty.

Not nice to sit in the jam for one half hours but great to see everyone turning out to vote and taking the election so

seriously.

[Ungabunga]

At the risk of sounding daft (yet again!), a 'man in a bar' told me that the reason for the high vote turnouts in Thailand is that if they don't vote, they are 'illegible' to leave the country for a period of 2 years. What you reckon? Load of crap or any element of truth to this?

Any opinions?

[monty]

At the risk of sounding daft (yet again!), a 'man in a bar' told me that the reason for the high vote turnouts in Thailand is that if they don't vote, they are 'illegible' to leave the country for a period of 2 years. What you reckon? Load of crap or any element of truth to this?

Any opinions?

Not true! Voting is not compulsory in Thailand...

Some years ago there was talking about making it compulsory, but it never materialized, although lots of the people believed it, resulting in mass exodus of towns with lots upcountry labour...

And indeed a serious traffic jam it is, Sukhumvit was solid from central Pattaya all the way through Banglamung!

[awayfoe]

Took my GF and her family to the special voting station for Thai folks living in Pattaya but not registered here. It is at the school on the North Bound lane of Sukhumvit just after the Banglamung power Office turning.

Took us one and a half hours from North Road to the polling station as the traffic was solid with all kinds of vehicles going to Banglamung polling station to vote. Taxis, Construction workers, military personell in trucks and just ordinary people walking and taking their motorcyes to the polling booths. Believe Pattaya proper must have been empty.

Not nice to sit in the jam for one half hours but great to see everyone turning out to vote and taking the election so

seriously.

election or vote under the control of army !!!!!!!! funny