BANGKOK, 28 January 2013 The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is preparing measures to increase voter turnout for the upcoming gubernatorial election to 70 percent.
BMA Permanent Secretary Chumpol Sampaopol spoke after a meeting with representatives from all 50 district offices that the agency is set to boost voter turnout in this year’s Bangkok governor election to 70 percent, as only 51 percent of Bangkok residents cast ballots in the previous election.
As part of the BMA’s PR strategy, 13 teams of officials will hold a door-to-door campaign and hand out flyers to encourage voting as well as urge all students within the capital to motivate their parents to use their rights on March 3. Campaign buses will be deployed in constituencies with low voter turnout to help raise people’s awareness. Each district office has been instructed to draw up a map to inform residents of the locations of polling booths within their respective area.
Since most of the over 6,000 polling stations in Bangkok will be located outdoors, additional tents have been prepared for the voters in case of unfavorable weather conditions.
