Legislative Council By-election︱Suggest voting at different times to prevent the epidemic and encourage the use of "safe travel"

The by-election for the Election Committee of the Legislative Council will be held on December 18. A total of 6 candidates have passed the qualification review and will compete for 4 seats.

The Electoral Affairs Commission held an online briefing session for candidates today (28th). The chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission, Lu Qikang, explained the election arrangements and guidelines.

The Legislative Council by-election will be held on December 18.

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6-member 4-seat unanimous ballot system must choose 4 candidates

From 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on December 18, the election committee will be able to vote at the convention and exhibition polling station.

The Registration and Electoral Office has divided the 5 electoral committee sectors into 5 different suggested polling hours to reduce the risk of the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Lu Qikang appealed to the Election Committee to vote at polling stations according to the recommended time slots.

This election adopts the "full ballot system", and the election committee must vote for 4 candidates, otherwise the ballot will be invalid.

There are optical marking readers on site to check that the ballots have selected all 4 candidates and that the relevant ovals have been filled, the readers will not record or count the options on the ballots.

Lu Qikang said: "The election committee must put the unfolded ballots into the envelope provided by the polling station, and then put the envelope containing the ballot into the white ballot box." Voting is free and confidential, and canvassing is not allowed in the polling station Activities, nor use any electronic equipment to communicate, take pictures, record or video.

In response to the new crown pneumonia, all people entering polling stations and counting stations must have their body temperature checked. Election committee members with fever or respiratory infection symptoms will be led to vote in special polling booths. Candidates and agents with symptoms will not be allowed to vote. allowed to enter the polling station.

In response to the requirements of epidemic prevention and social distance, more than 70 receipt counters and about 100 polling booths will be set up in the polling station to facilitate the election committee to complete voting as soon as possible.

The EAC recommends using "Travel with Peace of Mind" when entering polling stations.

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Counting stations and media centers must use safe travel

As for whether to use "safe travel" and "vaccine pass", Lu Qikang said that there are no relevant requirements in current election laws, but he encourages election committees to use "safe travel" when entering polling stations and abide by the "vaccine pass" regulations.

Lu Qikang emphasized that the use of "safe travel" will not affect voting rights.

As for the central counting station and the media center, since voting rights are not involved, all visitors except those who are exempted must use the "Travel with Peace of Mind" and abide by the "Vaccination Pass" regulations.

The Registration and Electoral Office has set up a polling station at the Penny's Bay Community Isolation Facility to allow members of the Election Committee who have been quarantined due to the epidemic to vote.

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