EC confirms deadline for registration of voting outside constituency, now July 7

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EC confirms deadline for registration of voting outside constituency, now July 7

Kitti Cheevasittiyanon

BANGKOK, 3 July 2016 (NNT) – The Election Commission has confirmed that voters who need to cast votes outside their constituency, still have more days to register themselves.

Election Commission Chairman, Supachai Somcharoen said that the EC has invited eligible voters to register themselves to vote outside their respective constituency since May 1 and via the internet and postal registration which wrapped up on June 30.

Mr. Supachai said that a total of 206,745 voters have completed their registrations during the two-month period, with 158,423 of them completing the process online and the remainder doing so by sending their registration forms to the respective district and registrar offices.

However, he announced that eligible voters who wish to cast votes outside their constituency can still register themselves in person or through their representatives at any district office until July 7.

-- NNT 2016-07-02

[Thailand]

There must be a few million working outside their home province/ voting district, that is a very low response with 5 days left, and how trustworthy would online registrations be!

[Srikcir]

There must be a few million working outside their home province/ voting district, that is a very low response with 5 days left, and how trustworthy would online registrations be!

For the general election held in February 2014, there were 143,800 out of 1,039,032 overseas Thais having registered themselves for the overseas voting. Current registration for the Referendum appears to be relatively about the same. http://www.thaigov.go.th/index.php/en/speech-2/item/82160-143800-overseas-thais-registered-for-overseas-voting

[smutcakes]

Any idea when anyone might get a look at what they are supposed to be voting on?

[Thailand]

There must be a few million working outside their home province/ voting district, that is a very low response with 5 days left, and how trustworthy would online registrations be!

For the general election held in February 2014, there were 143,800 out of 1,039,032 overseas Thais having registered themselves for the overseas voting. Current registration for the Referendum appears to be relatively about the same. http://www.thaigov.go.th/index.php/en/speech-2/item/82160-143800-overseas-thais-registered-for-overseas-voting

Aren't these registrations simply for those out of province, not overseas?

Feb 2014 election- wasn't that the one one where people were prevented from voting by the Suthep mob with the police and the military failing to intervene to protect individuals rights?

I guess there was some sort of agenda in the offing.

[Srikcir]

There must be a few million working outside their home province/ voting district, that is a very low response with 5 days left, and how trustworthy would online registrations be!

For the general election held in February 2014, there were 143,800 out of 1,039,032 overseas Thais having registered themselves for the overseas voting. Current registration for the Referendum appears to be relatively about the same. http://www.thaigov.go.th/index.php/en/speech-2/item/82160-143800-overseas-thais-registered-for-overseas-voting

Aren't these registrations simply for those out of province, not overseas?

Feb 2014 election- wasn't that the one one where people were prevented from voting by the Suthep mob with the police and the military failing to intervene to protect individuals rights?

I guess there was some sort of agenda in the offing.

Article refers to "overseas Thais." Thailand has no overseas territories. The article only relates to voter registration.

In the Feb. 2,. 2014 election the PDRC shutdown several polling stations and prevented 10% of registered voters from voting. PDRC didn't prevent eligible voters from registering.

The EC and Yingluck regime agreed to re-open those closed polling stations within two weeks of the Feb 2, 2014 election to allow those registered disenfranchised voters to vote; and voters did so without interference from the PRDC. However, the Constituional Court held that the vote allowed after the Feb. 2nd election date was unconstitutional and invalidated the entire election results that were never published.