Moved to safety. The problematic ballot box, District 10, Sattahip, after finding 4,995 ballot papers, made people doubt the work of the Sattahip Election Commission and led to chaos.
After the ballot counting board was published in Constituency 10, Sattahip, Chonburi Province, there were 131,994 voters, 93,252 voters, 7,229 invalid ballots, 3,057 non-election ballots, and a total of 87,961 ballots. which had more than 4,995 tickets (toe-to-toe) tickets, causing people to doubt the work of the Sattahip Election Commission and leading to chaos.
Most recently, yesterday evening (May 15, 2023), Ms. Wichuda Mekanuwong, director of the Chonburi Provincial Election Commission Office, visited the area at Sattahip District Office. to expedite the resolution of complaints Preliminarily coordinated with officials from Sattahip Municipality and Sattahip Police Station to secure the movement of ballot boxes located at all 8 vote counting areas, totaling 196 polling boxes and 16 pre-election boxes. Keep it at the Election Coordination Center in Sattahip District, less than 50 meters away, and invite representatives from political parties to witness the movement and storage. Before the door was firmly locked by officials of the Sattahip Election Commission and representatives from political parties by allowing various political parties bring the CCTV to be installed inside the building where the said card box is kept to achieve transparency Until further diagnosis is made.
Ms. Wichuda Mekanuwong, director of the Office of the Election Commission of Chonburi Province, said that now candidates of political parties There was a letter objecting to the result of the vote counting. and from looking at the area This area is not safe to store Card Chests. So bring it to keep at the coordination center. adjoining room address In part of the voting on the publicity billboard Which is the bad card is not the number of 7,229 cards, actually there are only 2,200 bad cards, which are 4,995 different numbers and admitted that it was an error in entering the data into the computer All applicants' scores remain unchanged.
As for the work of the Sattahip Election Commission, where people wonder if there will be a new vote count or not, it is the part of the main Election Commission that will consider it, after this, within 7 days, everything must be brought to the Office of the Election Commission. Chonburi Subdistrict and inform political parties to be witnesses and keep them in a safe place. As for the work of the Sattahip Election Commission, there must be statements from all involved persons. About the operation that caused the error this time. – Thai News Agency
Source: Thai News Agency