The epidemic has harassed Hong Kong for nearly two years. The legislative council election after the restructuring has taken groundbreaking measures. The Hong Kong government announced yesterday that it will set up voting stations at three closed ports, including Luohu and Liantang, for mainland Hong Kong people to vote, with a total of 111,000 places.
Some veteran establishment factions confessed that the addition of port polling stations would have little effect on the election results, but they hoped to use this to boost the turnout rate as much as possible.
According to reports, the authorities initially estimate that there will be between 30,000 and 50,000 voters who will return to Hong Kong, and the 110,000 quota will definitely be enough.
Ye Guoqian, a member of the Executive Council and the DAB, also estimated that about 30,000 people returned to Hong Kong to vote. Although it has little effect on the turnout rate, at least it provides channels for Hong Kong people in the Mainland to exercise their voting rights.
Port ticketing station｜One article clearly sees the 110,000 voting arrangements and the test report and green code must be displayed
Ye Guoqian expects organized arrangements for special cars: voting rights are incentives
The port polling station is a new thing. The political circles are concerned about how many voters will return to Hong Kong to vote. The Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Zeng Guowei, said yesterday that the arrangement is not to increase the voter turnout, but to facilitate people in the Mainland and returning to Hong Kong due to the epidemic. For voters in difficulty, not many people have registered to return to Hong Kong to vote and set goals.
Ye Guoqian, who is also a representative of the Hong Kong People's Congress, pointed out that Hong Kong people in the Mainland have connections with chambers of commerce and societies. It is believed that relevant organizations will arrange special buses to pick up voters and go to the port polling station to vote.
However, those registered to vote at the port have to stay in a boat and return to Hong Kong, submit test reports, etc. Will this reduce their desire to vote?
Ye Guoqian said with a smile that "voting is the incentive" and the cost of testing is also "so wet". This time the central government also strongly supports the Hong Kong government to set up a port ticketing station. He personally estimates that about 30,000 people will return to Hong Kong to vote. If the number of registered people is half of the number That’s pretty good.
Ye Guoqian from the DAB.
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Tan Yaozong, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, said on a radio program this morning that it is difficult to estimate the specific number of registered voters. I believe that the quota limit is based on the mainland's inspection of the maximum number of people at the port. Registration requires a nucleic acid test report within 48 hours.
Some people in the government pointed out that it is not easy to organize 100,000 people to return to Hong Kong to vote. To a large extent, they rely on the Hong Kong people in the mainland.
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Candidates join forces to create a hot atmosphere
Many establishments have expressed that as the first legislative council election after the restructuring, the central government very much hopes that citizens will actively participate. However, the current election atmosphere is still biased towards coldness. If the direct election turnout rate is too low, it will provide ammunition for foreign countries to attack the new election system. Although voting is "a drop in the bucket" for the overall turnout rate, it is also a "grain vote" method.
Some regional direct election candidates revealed that in the next two weeks, a joint campaign will be held on weekends to invite heavyweights in politics and business to stand on the platform. There may even be scenes of hand-to-hand combat and "fighting" with opponents, hoping to heat up the election atmosphere. But the effect of laughter is certainly not as enthusiastic as the "My Favorite Singer" vote on the radio.
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