Go Klai” asks Election Commission to release information about pre-election voters by constituency. Suggest taking lessons – fix mistakes before the May 14 election, pointing out that advance elections are still operational problems – not deliberately, not looking at the point of being void.
Nattawut Buaprathum, Deputy Leader of the Kao Klai Party Submit a petition to the EC chairman on various issues related to the election. Mr. Nuttawut said that he traveled to submit a petition on several issues. By requesting to speed up the resolution of the problem before the election on May 14, 2023
Issue 1. Related to the pre-election on May 7, 2023, while each province has announced information on how many people are registered to vote in advance. How much is the actual amount of travelling? Which some districts have exercised from 90% to 100%, but in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province Information was disclosed that there were more than 100% of travelers who exercised their rights before the officer came out to correct the correct number of people who exercised their rights, which was personally acceptable. The problem after the pre-election, he still did not know how many people came to vote both inside and outside the district. He wanted the Election Commission to provide details on each of the 400 constituencies and how many people actually exercised their rights.
Another case of postal envelopes for pre-election ballots. I would also like to know how many are there when separated into districts? which considers this matter to be important In addition, in case of mistakes in filling out various information on the postal envelope is correct or not This issue has been clarified by the Election Commission of Thailand. but if the details are not provided as specified by him will not know that someone has registered to use the right and how many rights Including how many votes are sent back to the post office? Will the card match the rights holder or not? If there is a slight mismatch, there may be a slight error. But if there is a large number of mismatches, there will be doubts about the performance of duties of the Election Commission. likely to be unfair to all political parties
The second issue, if you look at the regulations of the ECT, must announce advance voting registration both in and outside the district. And it must announce where the vote will be counted no less than 10 days before the May 14 election, even though the political party knows that the ECT has announced the number of commuters. right before But it was not announced on the website. It also found that the announcement was made in some provinces which was not widespread. which will make both representatives of political parties Advance voters, citizens and observers will not know about it. Especially the matter of card counting both inside and outside the region, including outside the Kingdom. This will prevent the observer from knowing the location of the vote counting.
Issue 3: Knowing that the whole country has nearly a hundred thousand polling stations as stated by The Election Commission has announced But there is no detail posted on the website both in the central and other provinces that do not post such information. The people do not know where their polling station is.
All 3 issues asked the Office The Election Commission has prepared such information in the form of Microsoft Excel. to point out where the polls are Including the location of more than a hundred thousand polling stations by asking the Central Election Commission to notify the area. to announce the information on the website of every province for the public to know further
When asked if there were mistakes in advance elections that occurred in both the public and political sectors, some came out calling for advance elections to be invalid for the sake of transparency, Mr. Nattawut said that advance elections would be invalid or not. You have to look at the facts of many factors. However, it is in the process of considering the complaint in the next step. However, a mistake was found. It’s just a personal mistake. Personally, I think that unit committee members may have misunderstandings even with training when the Election Commission is aware of such problems. should speed up understanding Personally, I said it was too early to invalidate the early elections. Which the Election Commission has time to make amends before the election day on May 14, 2023, so that this election can move forward better
As for the details of whether to sue the Election Commission or not, Mr. Nuttawut said that it was still in the process of gathering information. Initially, it was only a problem in practice. Yes, the intention’s problem. Election Commission or legal regulations that will imply that there is anyone who wants such an event to happen or not. admits that the Progressive Party is a loser and loss of benefits in such matters which will have to collect information on damage that will affect the election of the Progressive Party or not If there is information or evidence implying that it is in accordance with that, there must be a person responsible. which is not an operational officer but must be an official at the policy level, namely the Election Commission of Thailand This Election Commission has experience in organizing elections in 2019, which has been in the past 4 years. The Election Commission must be responsible.
Source: Thai News Agency