With the countdown to the nine-in-one election, the Central Election Commission, the Ministry of Transport, and the Ministry of Interior went to the Executive Yuan today to report on the "Report on Preparations for the 2015 Local Civil Service Elections and National Referendum Elections." The Central Election Commission stated that the number of electors is approximately 19.57 million, and the number of voting rights holders is 200 00,000 people, 11,051 local public officials will be elected. There are 18,248 voting stations planned, with 314,267 staff, and a total budget of 3.69735 billion yuan. The voting procedure first handles the counting of local public officials’ election votes, and then handles the referendum counting.
The Central Election Commission stated that the voting time for the year-end general election is from 8 am to 4 pm on November 28. The number of electors is initially estimated at 19,579,655; the number of candidates registered to run is 19,695, and 11,051 local public officials should be elected; and the number of voting rights holders is initially estimated at 20,007,484.
The Central Election Commission pointed out that a total of 18,248 polling stations were set up this time, with a total of 314,267 staff. The total election funds were 3.69735 billion yuan, which were compiled by local governments. The referendum funds were 728.065 million yuan, supported by the second reserve fund of the Executive Yuan. When voting, people should bring their national identity cards, seals, and voting notices.
According to the plan of the Central Election Commission, the voting process adopts the "collect, collect and vote" procedure, that is, the elector first goes to the "Electoral Ballot Collection Office" to collect the electoral votes, and then goes to the "Public Ballot Collection Office" to collect the referendum ballots; after collecting the electoral votes and referendum votes, they go to the "Ballot Circle Office" to circle the electoral votes and referendum votes; after ringing the ballots, they go to the "Polling Office" and then put the electoral ballots and referendum ballots respectively; when counting the votes, the electoral votes will be counted first, and then the referendum votes will be counted.
In order to help people return to their hometowns to vote, the Ministry of Transport pointed out that in the railway sector, the high-speed rail will provide a total of 718 trains from November 27 to 30, including 40 overtime trains. The high-speed rail company will continue to monitor the reservation and waiting situation, depending on the actual demand flexibility Adjusting capacity; Taiwan Railway will operate 70 additional trains during the same period, including 20 trains on the Western Main Line and 50 trains on the Eastern Main Line and Southern Circuit. The total daily average transportation capacity of the entire line is expected to increase by 3.82% compared with normal days, and the Eastern Main Line and Southern Circuit will increase by 8.6%. Passenger transport on national highways will also be increased based on the flow of people, and sea and air transport on outlying islands will be simultaneously maintained.
The Ministry of the Interior stated that it had uncovered 116 cases of election bribery and transferred 561 people. As for false information, 134 cases and 176 people had been transferred. In addition, on the day of the voting, more than 46,000 police officers will be deployed to maintain law and order.
Executive President Toh Wing-tai instructed in the meeting that the Central Election Commission will strengthen the inventory of election affairs, encourage people to vote enthusiastically, and strictly guard against possible crowd disturbances or irrational protests after the election. He also instructed relevant ministries and commissions to pay close attention to the various interference methods used by foreign forces to interfere with the election.
