00:00Thailand's Constitutional Court has upheld the results of a general election in February,
00:05ruling that the use of barcodes and QR codes on ballot papers did not compromise voter
00:11secrecy. The decision removes the possibility of an election rerun and is a boost for Prime
00:17Minister Anutin Chanvirakul's government, which was formed after his Boom Jai Thai party won
00:23the election decisively. The case centered on whether barcodes and QR codes printed on ballot
00:31papers could be used to identify how individual voters had cast their ballots. The election
00:37commission said the codes were for security and administrative purposes and that voter
00:42identification would require access to ballot stubs stored separately. The court agreed, saying
00:48the arrangements for storing ballots, stubs and voter lists were sufficient to protect
00:52voter secrecy. But it recommended that such codes not be used in future elections.
00:58The Constitutional Court has played a major role in Thailand's political turmoil,
01:03including voiding two previous general elections and removing governments and Prime Ministers.
