Late ballots for Thai election won't be counted after air cargo failure

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Air cargo is not infallible. More than 1,500 voting ballots from Thai citizens in New Zealand missed the election deadline after being stranded in an air cargo warehouse at Suvarnabhumi Airport. Ballots were due to depart Auckland on 19 March but for some reason failed to make that flight, before missing a further two days’ worth of flights on Thai Airways. When the sack of voting slips was finally loaded on TG 492 to Bangkok on Saturday evening, its arrival ...