Democratic primary election Dai Daiting: Historical voter vote is political suicide if not selected according to the mechanism

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Written by: Lin Jian

2020-07-13 10:48

The 35+ primary election of Democrats led by Associate Professor Dai Yaoting of the Law Department of HKU and former Legislative Council Member Ou Nuoxuan who provided technical support from the Hong Kong Institute of Public Opinion ended yesterday (12th). The total number of electronic and paper votes exceeded 610,000.

Dai Yaoting said today (13th) on the commercial channel that the number of voters this time is historical, and it was completely unpredictable in advance, and it is also more binding on the candidates. It is undoubtedly political suicide if he does not follow the mechanism. He laughed again, and many citizens reported that it was because the police's move the day before the vote stimulated them to vote more, but it could be regarded as "a kind of result from stupid behavior."

Zhong Jianhua, deputy chief executive of Hong Kong Minyan Research, pointed out that after preliminary calculations, more than 1,000 repeated voting cases were found in more than 610,000 votes, but the system can find all of them.

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Dai Yaoting admitted that when he saw this voter's "glasses smashing," he could not have expected it at all. Because the crowdfunding response was not satisfactory, the social network "had no voice", and then passed the National Security Law, Epidemic Situation, Political System and Mainland Affairs Bureau. Director Zeng Guowei's "export technique" initially felt that even the threshold of 170,000 people voting was considered a "miracle". He also mentioned that the representation of more than 600,000 votes is very high, and there are few opportunities for all parties to disobey the results. Although there is no power in law to prevent anyone from running in the election, if they are not elected according to the mechanism, it is undoubtedly political suicide.

He pointed out that after three private ballots in 2012, 2014 and 2017, this is the fourth generation of the system, and the voting will be done. In 2014, the private vote for the political reform was at its peak, with 79 votes cast, but only 70,000 people came to the station at that time, and the rest was electronic voting, and the certification was not so rigorous, but this time the vote is "completely dehydrated", everyone All ID cards must be checked. This is a Hong Kong historical record for the popular vote.

Dai Yaoting believes that this primary election shows that the consciousness of democratic supporters has been transformed. With this "ultimate and rational" political expression, those in power must think that even if they suppress marches and rallies, the people will have a way to express their opinions. It is necessary to maintain governance by means of suppression. He also pointed out that it is hoped that similar to the private vote can be achieved in the fifth generation, let the people express their positions on some public issues, and form a civil society decision mechanism. He admits that in the past, when every action reached a little result, he would encounter strong suppression, so he was psychologically prepared, and civil society might go to another trough, but he believed that Hong Kong people could build up strength every time.

This primary election was led by Dai Yaoting. (Profile picture)

Zhong Jianhua: You can find out all of them after repeated voting for more than 1,000 times

Zhong Jianhua pointed out that due to the need to use a computer to check all information, paper voting, etc., the result information can not be distributed from this evening until early morning tomorrow. Regarding repeated voting, Zhong Jianhua said that according to the current computer system information, there are more than 1,000 cases of repeated voting, but the system has the ability to find all. He estimates that some voters may not be able to determine their choices after voting, and "vote multiple times at different positions" at different polling stations, or that voters in the health service sector may not know the voting arrangements after voting at designated polling stations. And vote again in the area where it belongs.

Dai Yaoting added that in this vote, the voter's information will be turned into a QR code, and his ID card number will be registered with 4 digits, the date of ID card issuance, and the date of birth. He asked a statistical expert. The same probability is very low. As for many citizens who did not vote for the Super District Council sector, Zhong Jianhua speculated that they did not know that they were voters of the Super District Council and thought they could not vote; some commented that the questions asked during the system selection are more difficult to understand, increasing the chance of pressing the wrong button. , Dai Yaoting said that this may be one of the directions for future review.

Zhong Jianhua also pointed out that the number of voters this time reflects the expression of the current situation by Hong Kong people. One of the findings during the inspection of the polling station is that many elders will vote for local candidates. Therefore, it is also possible for traditional democracy to fail .

Zhong Jianhua (left) pointed out that sensitive personal data does not even know where to put it, stressing that Minyan is very cautious about handling sensitive data. (Profile picture/Photo by Chen Yongwu)

Zhong Jianhua: Sensitive data "I don't even know how to put it aside"

The moderator asked if the police searched the Hong Kong Civil Research Office the day before the vote. Zhong Jianhua pointed out that he did not want to speculate too much, but mentioned that some hackers claimed to obtain some of their information the previous week, and that the National Guardian “export technique” was issued on Wednesday. The police came to sweep the scene on Friday. The time may be reminiscent. He also pointed out that in the past there was leakage of privacy information. At most, the Privacy Commissioner would understand it. But this time the police held a warrant to conduct a large-scale search on the eve of the vote, and the extent to which public power was used, plus a coincidence in time, If someone feels that the police want to convey a certain message through action, he also thinks it is understandable.

However, Zhong Jianhua pointed out that Minyan attaches great importance to the preservation of sensitive data, and some content related to sensitive personal data will be stored separately, even he does not know where to put it. When the personal data collected by voting is downloaded to the cloud, they will immediately cut off the network connection of the relevant computer, copy it to a computer with no network function, and put it into several hard disks. Several people are responsible for sealing.

Dai Yaoting pointed out that the police's actions actually stimulated more people to come out and vote. For the SAR government, it may be "an unfortunate event happened", and laughed that this might be "a certain consequence of stupid behavior."

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