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Incitement to vote in vain is against the law and prohibits hanging outside the house, and wearing a badge to call for "not to vote in vain" is also illegal?

2021-04-13T12:28:53.472Z


The "Improvement of the Electoral System (Comprehensive Amendment) Bill 2021" was released today (13th). The most notable of these is the amendment to the "Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance" to prohibit anyone from using the "public


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Written by: Wu Zhuoan

2021-04-13 20:20

Last update date: 2021-04-13 20:20

The "Improvement of the Electoral System (Comprehensive Amendment) Bill 2021" was released today (13th). The most noticeable is the amendment to the "Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance" to prohibit anyone from using "public activities" to incite during the election period. Others do not vote, cast blank or invalid votes.

Officials today explained the relevant regulations, clearly stating that it is illegal for citizens to post slogans calling for no voting or to vote in vain at the windows of their apartments, and they are not even allowed to be displayed on clothes or to wear badges.

After the bill was announced, it seemed that there were "policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom." Some people on the Internet suggested that they could appeal to the public to "don't vote" or "don't vote in vain" to try to get supporters to understand whether the relevant practices would touch the "red line". ?

Senior Counsel and member of the Executive Council, Tang Jiahua, believes that the intention and actual behavior of the person involved must also be considered in the case of a conviction, as well as the person's past words and deeds.

He urged citizens not to test the legal bottom line, saying that organizations inciting others not to vote and to cast invalid votes are both politically incorrect and immoral.

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Wearing badges and flags is also illegal

According to the bill announced by the government today, the "Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance" will be amended. After the amendment, anyone will be prohibited from using "public activities" during the election period to incite others not to vote or cast invalid votes, including invalid votes. , White ticket, etc.

The Ordinance also stipulates that any person whose words and deeds conform to the public activities described in the law is an illegal act in the election.

The law carefully specifies what is meant by "public activity": 1)

Any form of communication to the public

, including speech, writing, printing, display of announcements, broadcasting, screen showing and broadcasting records,

regardless of whether the person conducting the activity is in a public place at the time

Tapes or other recorded materials; 2) Any acts of communication that can be observed by the public other than paragraph (1),

including actions, postures and gestures, and wearing or displaying clothes, signs, flags, marks and badges

; 3. )

Distribute or disseminate any materials to the public

.

At the press conference today, Secretary of Justice Zheng Ruohua was asked how to define "public events"?

According to Zheng Ruohua, there are three main aspects: first, it is illegal for someone to communicate to the public, such as broadcasting a movie to the public; second, if the public observes their behavior, if someone puts up a clause outside the house to instigate a vain vote or an invalid vote, etc. It is illegal; third, it is illegal to distribute materials to the public, such as any electronic release.

Tang Jiahua.

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Tang Jiahua: Incitement to vote invalidation violates political ethics

Tang Jiahua believes that the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress mentioned in its decision to deal with the behavior of disrupting elections. Therefore, the government must vote in vain to amend the regulations, describing the government as "no choice" and stressing that the practice is not "shattering the earth."

Tang Jiahua pointed out that according to the definition of the law, lobbying and appealing to the public to vote in vain and not to vote are illegal acts. For example, by appealing to the public to disturb the election through Facebook, windows, etc., there is a chance of being convicted.

Some democrats want to use "reverse thinking" to appeal to the public to "don't vote" or "don't vote in vain," so as to make the supporters understand and call on them not to vote or vote in vain in the end.

Tang Jiahua believes that if a conviction is required, the intention and actual behavior of the person involved must also be considered, as well as the person's past words and deeds.

He emphasized not to test the bottom line of the law, criticizing the relevant behavior as both politically incorrect and immoral.

Democratic Party Chairman Law Kin-hee believes that the relevant practices are completely incomprehensible, referring to the fact that different citizens have been calling for or trying to persuade others how to vote, whether they support designated candidates or not support any candidates, there have been no problems for many years. It is difficult to understand why it is suddenly classified as illegal now.

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Luo Jianxi reprimanded the public for disgust

Democratic Party Chairman Law Kin-hee believes that the relevant practices are completely incomprehensible, referring to the fact that different citizens have been calling for or trying to persuade others how to vote, whether they support designated candidates or not support any candidates, there have been no problems for many years. It is difficult to understand why it is suddenly classified as illegal now.

Luo Jianxi also pointed out that if the call to vote in vain should be regulated because it "creates pressure", if a boss asks employees to vote for the establishment, it will also create a lot of pressure. He asked, "I don’t want anyone to call for an election. Voting? What is the regulation of voting in vain?" He also pointed out that Hong Kong has always cast secret votes in the voting room. The purpose is to enable voters to decide how to vote without interference. "The more the government has such actions, the more It will only make the public more disgusted, and the end result will be counterproductive."

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