Election officials have mistakenly put the wrong constituency code numbers of Nonthaburi province on about 100 envelopes containing ballot sheets, Thailand’s Election Commission Secretary-General Sawaeng Boonmee said today (Sunday).
He added that election officials will rectify the mistake, as he offered an assurance that the error will not change the votes cast by advance voters.
He disclosed that officials started checking after some voters protested that the five-digit postal code on the envelopes did not match their postal code, adding that it was a misunderstanding on the part of the voters because the code on the envelopes is not a postal code, but the electoral constituency code, which also has five digits.
It was discovered during the checks that about 100 envelops for constituency 2 in Nonthaburi were mistakenly addressed to constituency 4, said Sawaeng, adding that, to solve the problem, these envelops will be separated and put in a different ballot box.
The number of ballots cast will be checked to make sure that it matches the number of voters who showed up to vote, said the EC secretary-general, as he insisted that this mistake will not be repeated on Election Day next Sunday.
He also said that officials will investigate whether the mistake was intentional or just human error.
