Bangkok: The Central Administrative Court has dismissed a lawsuit against the Election Commission concerning a website crash that allegedly prevented timely registration for an upcoming referendum. The lawsuit, filed by a professor from Thammasat University, claimed that unexpected issues with the out-of-district referendum registration system infringed upon his voting rights. The court, however, determined that the Election Commission had adhered to the required regulations and had provided multiple registration channels.

According to Thai News Agency, the case was presented at the Administrative Court on Chaeng Wattana Road, involving accusations of unlawful conduct by the Election Commission and two other parties. The lawsuit, initiated on January 20, 2026, was brought forth after over 800,000 individuals registered for advance voting outside their residential districts. The petitioner, one of the many affected, argued that the Election Commission's stringent deadlines and technical failures had obstructed their ability to register for the referendum in time.

The petitioner sought a court order mandating the Election Commission to extend registration opportunities for out-of-district referendum participation. The advance voting, which concluded on February 1st, was separate from the referendum scheduled for February 8th, which aims to amend the 2017 Constitution. Despite the absence of advance registration for voting in the referendum, the court recognized the existence of three alternative registration channels and upheld the Election Commission's procedures, leading to the dismissal of the lawsuit.