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Legislative Council Election | Port voting registration ends today, a total of 22,000 registrations are only 20% of the quota

2021-12-08T11:41:16.711Z


Less than two weeks before the Legislative Council election, there are three special border checkpoints for Mainland Hong Kong residents. The online registration period ends at 6 pm today (8th). Mainland Hong Kong residents who wish to go to the port to vote must pre-select the voting stations in time


Less than two weeks before the Legislative Council election, there are three special border checkpoints for Mainland Hong Kong residents. The online registration period ends at 6 pm today (8th). Mainland Hong Kong residents who wish to go to the port to vote must pre-select the voting station and time .

A spokesperson for the Registration and Electoral Office said that voters who wish to change the designated polling station after submitting their registration applications can submit their applications before 6 pm today to replace their earlier applications.


The spokesman pointed out that voters can also withdraw their applications through the online application system before the same deadline and resume voting at the originally allocated polling station in Hong Kong, that is, the voting station where the voter originally registered.


The Registration and Electoral Office stated that during the registration period, the Registration and Electoral Office received a total of 22,130 registrations. 6,156 voters registered to vote at the Heung Yuen Wai (Liantang) polling station, and 7,089 and 8,885 voters registered on the Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau Spur Lines respectively ( Futian) vote at the polling station.

The government announced earlier that the maximum registration quota for the three ticketing stations was 111,000, and the final registration number only accounted for 19.93% of the total quota.


Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said yesterday morning (7th) that as of 6 o'clock the previous night, a total of 1,8215 people had registered to vote at the port voting station.

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As of the first two days, only 18,000 people have registered and only accounted for 16% of the upper limit

The Registration and Electoral Office also stated that after submitting the registration application, voters will be issued with a reference number, and the prescription will send a "registration result notification" to the voters concerned via SMS or email within three days to confirm whether the registration is successful.

The spokesman emphasized that once confirmed, voters must vote at the selected control point polling station on the polling day; if voters go to a non-confirmed control point, they will not be allowed to vote.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said yesterday (7th) that as of 6 o'clock last night, a total of 18,215 people had registered to vote at the port ticketing station. Among them, 5,000 registered at the Xiangyuanwei ticketing station, more than 5,000 registered at the Luohu ticket station, and more than 7,000 registered at Lok Ma Chau. Branch line voting station; only 16% of the quota set by the government, Lam Cheng stated that he believes that there will not be many people registering to vote at the port.

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