Political situation
Written by: Peng Zhuowei
2021-04-24 17:04
Last update date: 2021-04-24 17:04
The Legislative Council's Bills Committee on the Improvement of the Electoral System (Consolidated Amendments) Bill 2021 continues to meet this morning (24th). Many Members are concerned that the Registration and Electoral Office has lost the voter register and the computer containing the information of all voters in Hong Kong in the past. Concerned about the security issue of the Administration's adoption of electronic voter registers in later elections.
Tang Renguang, Permanent Secretary of the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, said that there will be no physical machines in the voting stations to store voter information. The relevant ticket dispatching machine is only used to check voter information and invoices. The final voting record will be stored in the government's tightly secured cloud storage. Even if the ticket dispenser is lost at the scene, there is no voter information at all.
Tang Renguang, Permanent Secretary of the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, said that there will be no physical machines in the voting stations to store voter information. The relevant ticket dispatching machine is only used to check voter information and invoices. The final voting record will be stored in the government's tightly secured cloud storage. Even if the ticket dispenser is lost at the scene, there is no voter information at all.
(Photo by Gao Zhongming/Information film)
As for the information contained in the electronic voter register, the Administration stated that the content is the same as the current physical register and will contain the voter's name, identity card number, and the sector or constituency of the voter.
In addition, some Members are also concerned about how the government defines how voters participating in the election committee must continue to operate for 3 years. The Federation of Trade Unions Mak Mei-juan pointed out that it takes time to process union applications, and whether the authorities will start as soon as the union submits the application. Calculate the operating life.
Tang Renguang responded by saying that Annex I of the Basic Law states that it is necessary to continue operation for 3 years from the moment the authorities complete the review process and issue the supporting documents to be eligible.
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