Early voting kicks off in Thailand with crowds, long lines
Thai soldiers showing their identity cards during advance voting for the general election in Pattani, southern Thailand, today. More than 2.6 million of 51.4 million eligible Thai voters registered to cast their early ballot ahead of the general election on 24 March. – EPA pic, March 17, 2019.
HUNDREDS of thousands of voters crowded into schools, parking lots and temples across Thailand today, eager to cast an early ballot a week before the country’s first election in eight years. Advanced voting is usually a tepid affair, but today, excitement was high as voters turned up in droves to polling stations.
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