BURI RAM: Local election officials have been asked to investigate why it took four-and-a-half hours to transport ballot boxes in a tightly-fought constituency about 20 kilometres after voting ended in the general election.
Ten complainants from Non Suwan and Nong Ki districts filed the request at the Election Commission’s Buri Ram office in Muang district on Wednesay.
Their leader, Sawat Jampasasawangwong, said it took election officials from 9.30pm on May 14 to about 2am on May 15 to transport Constituency 7 ballot boxes from the Non Suwan district office to Nong Ki district office.
The distance was only 20 kilometres, leaving them wondering why it took so long. The ballot boxes were finally stored at Nong Ki police station in Nong Ki district.
The complainants also said the…
