Thailand votes in early election with 3 main parties vying for power, AP explains

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(8 Feb 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Bangkok, Thailand – 8 February 2026 1. Various of voters at polling station, registering, casting ballots 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Tian Macleod Ji, Associated Press: “Voters in Thailand are heading to the polls today for a general election. Polls opened at 8am local time and behind me, voters at this station in Bangkok have been streaming in steadily since. The key issues facing voters are slow economic growth and heightened nationalist sentiment