Sanit said the three were senior citizens who misunderstood that the ballot that has two sections should be torn apart.

“I will discuss the cases with EC to see whether the three should be prosecuted according to the referendum law or not,” he said.

Pipat Paesuwannarak, 69, of of Thung Kru district, Sophon Chutimanon, 75 of Bang Plat district and Somkiat Kriengkrai, 78, of Phrakanong district, tore the ballots.

There were reports of people in other provinces who also tore the ballot.

The soldiers from Cavalry Battalion 3 and Royal Thai Army Signal Department, who already voted in the referendum at the Military Circle 11 Flat polling station stated that they were told by their commanders to vote in the referendum.

They revealed that there was the draft constitution explaining within the army camp, but still many of them said they still did not understand most of the detail of the constitution.

“I vote ’yes’ in this referendum because I heard that this charter will give the free education for the students until they graduate from high school, which I think this is a good thing,” one of the soldier said.