The Legislative Council election will be held next month. Recently, many establishments have coincidentally predicted that the voter turnout rate is low. Tian Feilong, director of the National Hong Kong and Macau Research Association, pointed out today (18th) that the voter turnout rate in the Legislative Council election should not be directly measured by direct regional elections, but should be Using the "new weighting formula" that covers all election categories, that is, together with the functional constituency and the electoral committee constituency, the "total turnout rate" has a chance to exceed 40%.
However, Liu Zhaojia, vice chairman of the National Hong Kong and Macau Research Association, pointed out that when most people talk about voter turnout, they refer to direct elections in the region. If the other two sections are added, "people will tell you the numbers every minute," which is suspected to be a "big" voter turnout.
Liu Zhaojia reiterated that the goal of this election reform is to maintain national security and reverse the political situation.
Liu Zhaojia: Only talking about the voter turnout rate is "the wrong center of gravity"
Tian Feilong wrote in a newspaper today that the new election system is a "mixed representation system." Compared with the "formal representation system" of direct elections by districts, the functional constituency elections and the election committee constituency elections reflect the "functional representation system", so vote The rate should not only be calculated for the part of direct elections, but should cover all election categories and be calculated by the "new weighting formula". Otherwise, it will not fully reflect the social recognition of the new election system, and it will be unfair.
Liu Zhaojia accepted the inquiry of "Hong Kong 01" and questioned that if the "new weighting formula" is adopted, how to weight is easily controversial. "How big is the proportion of the electoral committee? How much is the direct election? 1,400 people (the electorate of the electoral committee) 4 million people (the number of directly elected voters in the region is about 4.47 million) is easily controversial." He believes that the electoral committee and functional constituency must have a high voter turnout, but if the two are counted together with the regional direct elections, " Minutes are counted by others".
He emphasized that after the electoral reform, the most important thing is not the high or low turnout rate, but the maintenance of national security and long-term stability in Hong Kong. If only the turnout rate is "the wrong focus", it will distort the importance of the electoral reform, even if the turnout rate is low, it should not be looked at The success or failure of the election is "not a moment of contention."
He also pointed out that in the past several Legislative Council elections, the authorities have announced the voter turnout rates for direct elections in the districts, and they have not tried mixed calculations.
"Hong Kong 01" is inquiring with the Registration and Electoral Office whether it will change the calculation and publication of the voter turnout in the Legislative Council election, and it is awaiting reply.
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