A worker removed a desk from a polling station after it shut down.


The blocking of polling places was carried out by bands of protesters, sometimes only numbering a few dozen people, who padlocked gates and intimidated election officials and voters.


Hundreds of thousands were blocked from voting as demonstrators obstructed polling places.


Would-be voters stood outside closed polling places, chanting, “Election! Election!”


Among those unable to vote was a human resources manager. “I consider myself a very tolerant person,” he said after being turned away from a polling place where protesters were blocking the entrance. “But this is very unfair. They violated my political rights.”


The Democrat Party is leading a naked attempt to grab power because they cannot win elections.


The deputy leader of the Democrat Party, which is boycotting the elections, referred to voting as a “waste” and warned of further “violent confrontations”.





http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/27/world/asia/thailand.html?hpw&rref=world