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[District Council Election] Nie Dequan: 12,000 votes will not be counted

2019-11-28T17:02:06.963Z


The district council elections were completed on Sunday (24th), and the counting process was completed on Monday (25th). Democrats won 388 seats. After the election, the defeated constitutionalists said that the election was unfair, and the democrats also said that there were great errors in the counting process of some electoral districts. The Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Nie Dequan, today (28th) resumed the second reading of the "Election Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2019" in the Legislative Council. Nie Dequan pointed out that the director of the ticket station would handle the questionable tickets separately. After processing the questionable tickets, the final number of votes could be realized. "So it is a pity that there is a misunderstanding or a clear grasp of this process." 2.94 million people voted, only 12,000 votes were not counted, accounting for 0.41% of the total number of votes. Compared with the previous session, a total of 1.46 million people voted, but 21,400 were not counted, accounting for 1.49% of the total number of votes. There are obviously fewer votes of this kind.


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Written by: Wu Yan'an

2019-11-29 00:49

Last updated: 2019-11-29 00:49

The district council elections were completed on Sunday (24th), and the counting process was completed on Monday (25th). Democrats won 388 seats. After the election, the defeated constitutionalists said that the election was unfair, and the democrats also said that there were great errors in the counting process of some electoral districts.

The Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Nie Dequan, today (28th) resumed the second reading of the "Election Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2019" in the Legislative Council. Nie Dequan pointed out that the director of the ticket station will handle the problem tickets separately. After processing the problem tickets, the final number of votes can be realized. "So it is a pity that there is a misunderstanding or grasp of this process."

Nie Dequan also said that about 2.94 million people voted this year, and only 12,000 votes were not counted, accounting for 0.41% of the total votes. Compared with the previous session, a total of 1.46 million people voted, but 21,400 were not counted. , Accounting for 1.49% of the total votes, this time there are significantly fewer similar votes.

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Reversal after focus? Nie Dequan: Question tickets should be handled separately

The Legislative Council resumed its second reading debate on the Election Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2019 yesterday (27). However, formed parties such as the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, and the Economic and Democratic Alliance have bombarded the districts with unfair elections. Nie Dequan responded in his concluding speech today.

Nie Dequan pointed out that the current elections of the District Councils were generally held smoothly. The EAC will listen carefully to the opinions and submit a report to the Chief Executive on the elections within 3 months and make suggestions to improve the arrangements. Nie also pointed out that there are about 600 voting stations involved in this election, with more than 20,000 staff members. There is room for improvement in venue restrictions, training of ticketing stations, and guidelines for operating the voting stations.

The dust of the district council elections was settled and the Democrats won the vast majority of seats. (Profile picture)

Regarding the establishment faction, there are young people lining up repeatedly, which affects the voting of the elderly. Nie Dequan pointed out that the number of voters in this session was high, and the number of voters in the morning was more than double that of the previous session. As for elders with reduced mobility, should they line up separately? Nie pointed out that at the ticket station on the same day, the invoice station was divided according to the prefix of the ID card. If there is no queue at the invoice station, elders and other voters can go to the invoice station without queue to get votes immediately after entering the ticket station. Nie Dequan also pointed out that if the elderly and disabled people need to take a break while waiting for the ballot, the staff at the ticket station will arrange for them to rest first, and then pick up the ticket at the invoice counter when they are waiting for them.

This year, about 2.94 million people voted. Nie claimed that only 12,000 votes were not counted, accounting for 0.41% of the total. Compared with the previous session, a total of 1.46 million people voted, but 21,400 were not counted. Votes were 1.49%. According to the EAC documents, the definition of ballots not counting includes ballot papers that are not marked for the candidate, the ballot papers are not marked with the provided seal, the ballot papers are annotated with “damage”, the ballot papers are annotated with “repeat”, The words "Unused" were annotated on the front of the ballot papers, and voters voted for more than 1 candidate.

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