Many voters have turned up at polling stations across the country to cast their ballots in advance voting today (Sunday).
In Bangkok, voters showed up an hour or two before the 8am opening time, to avoid being caught up in traffic congestion and the hot weather, which will become unbearable towards midday.
At the Bang Sue district office, where more than 10,000 voters have registered to cast their ballots in advance, the 200m narrow lane which runs from the Rim Khlong Prapa Road to the district office was closed to traffic and crowded.
Motorcycle taxi drivers were doing a brisk business whisking voters to and from the district office.
Traffic and municipal police directed traffic at the lane’s junction with the main road, as they asked drivers to park their cars on one side of Rim Khlong Prapa Road or at the nearby Lotus department store, where there is ample parking…
