8 major election bans: Polls are closed since November 18, deepfake images have not been taken off the shelves, and heavy fines of tens of millions are imposed

The countdown to the nine-in-one election begins, and the campaign for the municipal mayor’s election officially begins today. The Central Election Commission, the Ministry of Transport, and the Ministry of the Interior went to the Executive Yuan yesterday to report on the preparations for the election and referendum. The Central Election Commission pointed out that there are nearly 19.58 million electors, more than 20 million people with the right to vote in the referendum, and 190,000 registered candidates. One person will be elected on November 28. For 10,000 local public officials, the public official ballots will be opened that day first, and then the public vote will be held.

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 election funds were 3,697.35 million yuan, which were compiled by local governments. The referendum funds were 728,065,000 yuan, which was funded by the Second Reserve Fund of the Executive Yuan.

The Ministry of the Interior also said that there are currently 116 cases of election bribery and 561 people have been transferred, while there are 134 cases of false information and 176 people have been transferred.

You Yinglong, the chairman of the Central Election Committee, also held a press conference yesterday and put forward eight reminders: 1. Government agencies are not allowed to engage in election propaganda activities; 2. Election news on radio and television should adhere to the principle of fairness and impartiality; 3. Election advertisements published in newspapers, magazines, radio and television, the Internet or other media should indicate the publisher and funder; 4. Political parties and anyone who prints and distributes campaign literature should personally sign it; 5. Political parties and anyone who hangs campaign advertisements should be named. 6. During the campaign period, no public campaigning or election-supporting activities are allowed before 7 a.m. or after 10 p.m. every day; no campaigning or campaign-supporting activities are allowed on polling days; 7. No election polling information can be published or quoted from 0:00 on the 18th until the voting deadline; 8: Those who fail to stop broadcasting, restrict browsing, remove or remove deepfakes or videos will be fined not less than NT$20,000 but not more than NT$10 million. Those who fail to improve within the expiration date may be punished on a case-by-case basis.