ELECTION DAY: After polling stations close at 4pm, votes for president are to be tallied first, regional/Aboriginal legislator votes counted next and political party votes tallied last
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 11, 2020
By: Huang Hsin-po / Staff reporter, with CNA
To ensure that today’s presidential and legislative elections proceed in an orderly fashion, people may
Central Election Commission staff test the ballot counting system at the Election Counting and Information Center in Taipei yesterday in preparation for today’s elections.
Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times
Article 56-2 of the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act (公職人員選舉罷免法) prohibits people on election day from canvassing for votes, distributing election-related flyers, sending text messages, putting up posters, raising flags that bear candidates’ slogans or portraits, broadcasting from campaign vehicles or loitering near polling stations in clothing bearing candidates’ names, the commission said.
Offenders would be reported by polling station supervisors to the commission’s board of supervisors and would face a fine of NT$500,000 to NT$5 million (US$16,656 to US$166,561), with repeat fines possible if offenders refuse to comply, the commission said.
If people hand out water or other beverages to voters on behalf of a candidate or party, they would be stopped by polling supervisors, the commission added. [FULL STORY]