The official results of the Election Committee subsector elections were held yesterday (19th). As of the early morning of Monday (20th), the counting of votes had not yet officially started, even the sorting of ballots had not been completed, and the electronic counting of votes could not be started.
Many candidates at the scene were very dissatisfied with the progress of the counting of votes. One of the candidates from the legal profession and member of the Executive Council, Tang Jiahua, said that many candidates at the scene were very disappointed with the progress of the counting of votes, especially considering that the election only involved More than 4,000 votes, "I perfected the electoral system, but forgot to improve the counting system."
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The counting process was seriously delayed, and the staff fell asleep at the desk
Electronic vote counting was introduced for the first time in this election. The original intention was to speed up the vote counting process, but there was a delay.
EAC Chairman Feng Hua and Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Zeng Guowei opened the ballot box and poured out the ballots at the Counting Center of the Convention and Exhibition at about 9 pm last night. It was about an hour later than originally scheduled.
Feng Hua explained that before the ticket box arrived, there were many accounting statements to be filled in at the ticketing station. In the past, the filling of the statements was recorded manually, but this time there was more computer recording in the process, and one more procedure.
In addition, it is also unknown whether there was an accident during the delivery of the ballots. The ballot boxes from the Tsuen Wan Alexandra Community Center arrived at the Convention and Exhibition Counting Center at about 11:08 pm, that is, more than 5 hours after the end of the voting time.
The total number of voters in this election is only 4,380. It was originally expected to be completed soon. However, more than 6 hours after the closing of the voting station, the electronic vote counting still failed to officially start.
At the scene, some staff seemed to have waited until they were impatient. Many people closed their eyes to rest their minds, and even fell asleep directly at the desk.
Tang Jiahua lamented that this election "improved the electoral system but forgot to improve the counting system."
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Tang Jiahua: There are candidates who can’t wait to leave early
The Election Committee has only 30 corporate voters in the legal profession. This time the turnout rate has reached 100%, and the results should be released soon.
Legal candidate Tang Jiahua told the reporter of "Hong Kong 01" that more than 6 hours after the end of the voting time, even the electronic vote counting process has not started, and the votes are still being divided manually.
He pointed out that some sectors have obviously only a few dozen votes, but because the votes are mixed in the votes of other sectors, the staff have to be separated by hand: "The counting of votes is high-tech, but the first low-tech work has not been completed, no matter how high-tech it is. It's useless." He sighed, "I can't be impatient. I have perfected the electoral system but forgot to improve the counting system."
Tang Jiahua also pointed out that many candidates at the scene couldn't wait and needed to leave early because they still had jobs early Monday morning.
As for Tang Jiahua himself, he said that there was also a preparatory meeting of the executive council to be held on Monday, but he had experienced many elections in the past, and he had seen all the troublesome administrative procedures. He has become accustomed to waiting until the morning after the election.
Di Zhiyuan, one of the candidates from the social welfare sector, waited for the results of the counting of votes at the convention and exhibition press center. He said that he was surprised that he did not know why the counting of votes was so slow, and that the arrangement of the venue was too cumbersome and left the designated area. When you enter again later, you need to sign and register again.
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