Focus Taiwan
Date: 01/17/2020
By: Elaine Hou, Chen Chao-fu and Elizabeth Hsu

Taipei, Jan. 17 (CNA) The number of the signatures submitted for a high-profile petition to recall Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) has passed the threshold for the first step of a recall process, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced Friday.

A total of 28,560 signatures were verified as valid, higher than the required minimum of 22,814 for the petition, the commission said.

Under the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act, the first step in a three-step recall process is to raise a proposal containing the signatures of 1 percent of the constituency's eligible voters.

In the case of Kaohsiung's estimated 2.28 million eligible voters, this works out to be 22,800 signatures or more.    [FULL  STORY]