Political situation
Written by: Zhou Lixi
2020-07-13 10:38
Last update date: 2020-07-13 10:41The Democratic Legislative Council's "35+" primary election ended its vote last night. Former Legislative Council Member Ou Nuoxuan, who assisted in co-ordination, said today (13th) that the participation of 610,000 people is a good number, reflecting that many citizens want democratic coordination The best camp to run the election, I believe the candidates respect the election results.
For the operation of the primary election, Ou Nuoxuan believed that it was generally smooth. Although there were complaints about the voting process, he believed that the system could eliminate the chance of repeated voting affecting the election results.
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Ou Nuoxuan said when attending a radio show this morning that the number of people who participated in the primary vote on the weekend was much higher than expected. At that time, they estimated that there were only 170,000 people, that is, the democrats won about 10% of the votes in the district council election last year, but the result was 61 Ten thousand people, that is about 35% of the votes obtained last year. He believes that this reflects not only that many citizens want democratic parties to coordinate and choose the best camp, but also that under the National Security Law, many citizens still want to speak up.
Ou Nuoxuan admitted that their publicity work in the primary election was insufficient and relied heavily on the Internet. He believes that the recent government actions have stimulated citizens to participate in the voting. On the eve of the primary election, I went to the Hong Kong Minyan Institute to take the computer. It is suspected that the primary election was suppressed. In addition to the social situation, the public is worried that they will not have the opportunity to speak in the future.
Ou Nuoxuan: The system can handle repeated voting
Regarding the voting procedure, Ou Nuoxuan stated that some voters in the health service sector went to the local constituency service to vote, and they could not verify the identity of the constituency because the law did not allow it. Only for repeated voting, he reiterated that the organizer will only deal with the first voting option.
Many citizens asked questions about the question and answer in the voting Super District Council and were unable to vote on the district. Ou Nuoxuan admits that there are deficiencies in the system. Many people did not see the problem clearly and clicked the "Yes" option, but he believes that this should not be blamed on the public, but the problem should be designed more simply and directly.
Liang Zhenying, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said on the Internet yesterday that four voters indicated to him that he can repeat the vote. The district responded that the system has a check procedure to deal with these situations, emphasizing repeated voters, only the first vote is valid.
People in Tai Po lined up to vote. (Photo by Li Zetong)
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As to whether they are worried that some candidates do not respect the election results and continue to run in the official elections, Ou Nuoxuan said that under temporary observation that everyone will respect the results, and that when 610,000 people came out to vote, even if the elections are imperfect, Candidates also have to think about how to respond to the public's commitment.
Ou pointed out that their goal is to disclose the election results of paper and electronic voting together at dusk today. As for whether there is an appeal mechanism, he said that there is a referee procedure for paper voting, but the candidates have reached a consensus, and the result is "a vote is (a) poor".
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