Editing Early voting (section)

==Asia and elsewhere==

===Russia ===
In Russia, early voting, according to the decision of the election commission, can be organized in special poll stations formed in remote and hard-to-reach areas, on ships that will be sailing on election day and at polar stations. At the same time, early voting can be held no earlier than twenty days before the election day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_37119/2650e94724f5e32a0d91915597f6f2003b8649df/  |website=КонсультантПлюс |quote= Федеральный закон от 12.06.2002 N 67-ФЗ (ред. от 31.07.2020) "Об основных гарантиях избирательных прав и права на участие в референдуме граждан Российской Федерации" (с изм. и доп., вступ. в силу с 14.09.2020)  |title=Статья 65. Досрочное голосование  }}</ref>

In 2020, against the backdrop of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Russia|COVID-19 pandemic]], a law was passed allowing early voting at all polling stations. For the first time, this system was used in the [[2020 Russian constitutional referendum|referendum on amendments to the constitution]], which was held on 1 July 2020, but citizens had the opportunity to vote within a week before the main day. This was done for sanitary purposes, to reduce the number of people present at the same time at the polling stations. Later, the period of early voting was reduced to two days before the election day. Such a three-day voting was used for regional elections in September 2020. However, such a decision is not mandatory and can be made by the election commission within ten days after the election is scheduled. If the election Commission has not made such a decision, voting takes place only within one day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://duma.gov.ru/news/49147/|title=Трехдневное голосование: как будет работать новый закон|website=Государственная Дума}}</ref><ref>[https://rg.ru/2020/07/21/priniat-zakon-o-trehdnevnom-golosovanii-na-vyborah-i-referendumah.html В удобный день. Принят закон о трехдневном голосовании на выборах]</ref>

===Thailand ===
In [[Thailand]], early voting is known as ''เลือกตั้งล่วงหน้า'' (/lɯ̂ːak tâŋ lûːaŋ nâː/ advance voting). The [[Election Commission (Thailand)|Election Commission]] administers advancing voting. Early voting in the [[2011 Thai general election]] was arranged on a Sunday (June 26, 2011) while prior elections were arranged on both Saturday and Sunday. Around 2.6&nbsp;million people, including 1.07&nbsp;million in [[Bangkok]] turned up to vote, however, many potential voters were unable to vote because of large crowds.<ref>{{cite news |title=Large crowds for advance voting |url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2011/06/27/national/Large-crowds-for-advance-voting-30158762.html |location=Bangkok |newspaper=The Nation (Thailand) |date=June 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809193901/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2011/06/27/national/Large-crowds-for-advance-voting-30158762.html |archive-date=August 9, 2011 }}</ref>