Bars close on election days?

[paulchung100 0]

Can anyone ocnfirm if all the bars/agogos will close during the whole pre-election and election weekends (Friday - Sunday)? I assume that voting booths will be closed during the evenings and bars may open after the close of the voting booths each day.

[Idefix 2,275]

Hi,

See other discussion about election : http://www.pattayatalk.com/forums/topic/54244-upcoming-elections/page__view__findpost__p__891543

Agogos and big bars will be close Saturday & Sunday of both election week-ends.

[Bazle 1,485]

Hi,

See other discussion about election : http://www.pattayatalk.com/forums/topic/54244-upcoming-elections/page__view__findpost__p__891543

Agogos and big bars will be close Saturday & Sunday of both election week-ends.

There are TWO election weekends? More info, please.

[Idefix 2,275]

There are TWO election weekends? More info, please.

Better to have that confirmed by somebody else,

but yes I think 2 successive week ends :

- "pre election" : Sat 25 & Sun 26 of June

- "election" : Sat 2nd & Sun 3rd of July

[Bazle 1,485]

Better to have that confirmed by somebody else, but yes I think 2 successive week ends :

- "pre election" : Sat 25 & Sun 26 of June

- "election" : Sat 2nd & Sun 3rd of July

Can anyone flesh this out, please. What will there be in the way of closures? What is a "pre-election"?

[joekicker 53]

Can anyone flesh this out, please. What will there be in the way of closures? What is a "pre-election"?

 

By law, commercial sale of alcohol (except inside tourist hotels) is banned from 6pm Saturday until midnight Sunday, when Sunday is the election day.

 

A pre-election is voting before a designated election day. The purpose is to allow people to vote, who know they won't be there on the actual election day.

 

The official election day is July 3. I haven't seen the official announcement on early voting, but it's almost certain to be the week before, as stated in the OP.

 

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Edited May 27, 2011 by joekicker

[Bricks1432 0]

I booked a trip recently to Pattaya from the 29th of June to the 3rd of July, and I'm curious what will or won't be open in town. So gogos and large bars are closed, but what about small bars? Massage parlours? Restaurants? And will girls be around and available or will they all be gone?

[MM 6,562]

I think I'm going up to the village to allow the TGF a chance to vote in her province. She just told me that if she doesn't vote (I think she said 3 times in a row), she is disqualified for government work and many commercial jobs requiring "good citizenship".

 

So, though voting is not mandatory, voting records can affect one's future career.

 

It sounds like a good system, but it's sort of worthless if they keep throwing out the elected government.