For those living outside of their official registered address, Sunday was the day to vote, but there’s one more Sunday to go, May 14, to put a pin in this election. Kicking off on one of the hottest days of the year and not free of controversy, the first day of voting yielded a few lessons for Election Day.
One reporter voting at Wat That Thong next to BTS Ekkamai was greeted by a big crowd at 8:30am and ended up waiting 90 minutes in 37C heat. And they weren’t the only ones. There were reports of over a dozen voters fainting in the heat at Ramkhamhaeng University.
A record-breaking 2.2 million people voted on Sunday, and social media was agog with posts about the lines and crowds. The Election Commission reported that the average wait time was about 4 minutes, but not everyone was so lucky. Though rains are expected to cool the city off a bit—33C is the…
