Elderly voters spared charges for torn ballots
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THE ELECTION Commission (EC) has sent a signal to police not to take legal action against people who destroyed ballot papers unintentionally while seeking to vote in the referendum.
EC deputy secretary-general Thanit Sriprathet said there had been 59 incidents of ballots being torn or destroyed in 35 provinces, mostly by senior citizens, and only one case in which a ballot paper was torn intentionally.
Thanit said two men associated with the New Democracy Movement (NDM) – Rangsiman Rome and Abhisit Supnapapan – face charges of violating the referendum law for wearing T-shirts with “Vote No” messages.
