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early elections in Chiang Mai Crowds of people using their rights

Chiang Mai, May 7- Pre-election atmosphere in Chiang Mai. bustling since morning Nearly 70,000 registered people flocked to exercise their rights.

at the Chalermprakiat International Convention and Exhibition Center, Chiang Mai Province, where there are people who register to vote in advance The most, more than 30,000 out of a total of nearly 70,000 people, even though the election box has been opened for 2 hours, but people still gradually use their rights to vote.

People continue to gradually come to exercise their right to vote in advance outside the district continuously. Most of them are people from other provinces who come to work, study or come to live in Chiang Mai. There are young teenagers to grandparents who follow their children to live in Chiang Mai. Many people had arrived early in the morning before opening the card chests. It shows that the election atmosphere here is lively. Until the officials had to publicize the public relations for those who had not yet arrived to delay their right to vote for an hour in order to reduce the density of polling stations. Although the advance polling stations are divided by province, alphabetically, for a total of 62 sets, but with the crowded number of people and the increasing process of exercising their rights because they have to receive the ballot envelope and seal it before dropping the ballot for the officer to select separate for sending to the constituency of origin To count the votes on May 14, making each unit crowded in which Chiang Mai has registered to vote in advance outside the constituency to 66, 780 people by organizing 10 locations in all 10 constituencies, as well as pre-election in the ECT, organized in 10 points in 10 districts as well, but in different locations which has only 206 registered users .-Thai News Agency

Source: Thai News Agency