The Legislative Council election will be held next month. Several establishments have recently coincidentally predicted that the turnout rate will be low. Tian Feilong, director of the National Hong Kong and Macau Research Association, said last week that the calculation of the Legislative Council election turnout rate should not be measured solely by regional direct elections, but should cover all. The "new weighting formula" for the election category is calculated together with the functional constituency and the electoral committee constituency.
The Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor responded today (23) that the government has absolutely no such plan and opposes changing the original practice. It will clearly explain the turnout rates of different electoral sectors.
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"Clear and clear" voter turnout rates are explained in different sections
Lam Cheng stated: "The SAR government has not proposed a "comprehensive voter turnout" at all and is opposed to any of these changes." She pointed out that this is the first Legislative Council election after the electoral system has been improved, so it will continue to be used and accepted by the public. method.
However, some areas that were not perfect in previous elections, such as no caring team, no electronic voter register, etc., will continue to improve.
Lam Cheng continued: "The turnout rate has always been based on the constituency, that is, the district elections, and how many voters in each traditional functional constituency voted. Based on the 1,448 voters of the Election Committee so far, what was the turnout rate on December 19? How much should be clearly explained to the society in different sectors, so I have never thought of other ways to calculate the turnout rate in this Legislative Council election."
Inciting a vain vote?
It's not illegal for reporters to ask questions
When asked about incitement to vote in vain, Lam Cheng pointed out that under the decision of the National People's Congress, the SAR government must deal with acts of sabotaging elections in accordance with the law, inciting others to vote in vain, not to vote, etc., and the Department of Justice will independently make prosecution decisions, emphasizing that he will not say The reporter asked the question of a vain vote and violated the law at the scene. Hong Kong is a "society under the rule of law."
For the list of candidates from all sectors in the Legislative Council election,
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Tian Feilong.
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