Political situation
Written by Pan Xiqiao
2020-07-12 17:59
Last update date: 2020-07-12 18:00The 35+ primary election of the Democrats led by Dai Yaoting, associate professor of the Law Department of the University of Hong Kong, will be held on the second day of voting today (12th), which ends at 9 o'clock tonight. However, some members of the public discovered that the voting application had vulnerabilities, which allowed repeated voting and wrong voting.
A former member of the Legislative Council who coordinated activities, Nuo Xuan, said on Facebook that after measuring the fairness of the system and after discussing with the parties concerned, he reiterated that the voter’s vote is only the first vote to accept the intention, and there is no arrangement for a supplementary vote. The public are urged to vote vigorously in the remaining time to make up for misunderstandings caused by insufficient explanations.
The Democrats held a vote the day after the primary election today. (Profile picture)
Democratic primary elections were held for two consecutive days starting from yesterday. However, some members of the public found that the voting application was flawed. Some people successfully voted twice, and some people mistakenly chose the functional constituency so that they could not vote for the District Council (2) candidate. Ou Nuoxuan said on Facebook today that he paid attention to the controversy over repeated voting issues between the campaign teams, acknowledged his responsibility for poor communication, and apologized for the incident.
Democratic primary elections are held today, and many polling stations are populated. (Photo by Zheng Zifeng)
Ou pointed out that the voting program stipulates that all votes will only recognize the intention to vote for the first time. In other words, even if the functional constituency was incorrectly selected in the voting program so that the candidate for the District Council (2) could not be voted on, it could not be changed through the post-voting. "Sometimes after the voting started yesterday, some Democrat staff asked me about the post Possibility, because the voting process is in progress, I once replied that I might consider voting again on paper. Even if the repeated voting does not admit it, I was gradually concerned that I could not vote for the wrong question. Pending answer."
Ou Nuoxuan pointed out that the General Assembly has been studying the method of processing these votes yesterday, but due to the invoicing, the processing has limitations. As to whether or not to allow people who voted wrong to make up for the vote, he believes that although it can be adjusted technically, it will affect the fairness. "...The fairness of the voting system is based on consistency. I understand the program There are ambiguities in the question of voters in the second sector of the District Councils, so that some voters misunderstand that they cannot vote, but if they change the certification order of repeated votes in the voting process, it will more fundamentally affect the more fundamental fairness of the election process."
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Ou Nuoxuan said that after measuring the fairness of the system and after discussing with the parties concerned, he reiterated that the voter’s vote was only the first vote is the acceptance of the intention, and called on the public to vote actively "I once again yesterday to all affected voters, campaign teams, votes Station staff and volunteers solemnly apologize. I apologize for the misunderstanding caused by the communication. I hope that different teams can accept it. It is indeed regrettable that the situation of the District Council Second Voting cannot be compensated. I have to appeal to more citizens to vote in the rest of the time. Make up for misunderstandings caused by insufficient explanations."
Ou Nuoxuan issued a statement in response to the voting loophole in the democratic primary. (Screen shot of Ou Nuoxuan facebook)
