Eligible Thai voters living abroad can cast their votes between April 25-May 5, ahead of the May 14 election, with the actual voting date to be fixed by the Thai embassy or consulate in each country, Election Commission (EC) secretary-general Sawaeng Boonmee said on Monday.
Cooperation between the EC, Thailand Post, the Foreign Ministry’s Department of Consular Affairs, Airports of Thailand and Thai Airways International will see the ballot papers delivered in diplomatic pouches or by embassy officials who will hand them directly to the EC by May 9, he said.
They will then be forwarded to the 400 constituencies, depending on where each voter is registered, for safekeeping. They will be counted at the…
