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The voting day for the 2026 nine-in-one election is November 28. According to the provisions of the election and recall law, the running leaders need to take leave to participate in the election campaign.
Zhang Shanzheng of the Kuomintang, who is running for re-election in Taoyuan City, announced that he will take leave from the 12th to sprint for the election. (Photo by reporter Li Rongping)
The countdown to the 2026 nine-in-one election is approaching. Taoyuan Mayor Zhang Shanzheng of the Kuomintang, who is seeking re-election, has not only continued to improve his political performance and organized efforts to collect votes. He presided over the last city meeting before the election today (11th) and announced that he will take leave from tomorrow to join the campaign. Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan, who is also fighting for re-election, announced that he will take leave from tomorrow to join the campaign when he was accompanied by Zhang Shanzheng to sweep the streets last night.
Zhang Shanzheng said that there are more than two weeks left before the voting on November 28. According to the relevant provisions of the election and recall law, he must take leave from tomorrow to participate in the election. However, the municipal promotion cannot be interrupted. The city government has two deputy mayors, secretary-general, and deputy secretary-general who are still cooperating with everyone. The city government Because there is no window for the election, the government asks all bureaus and agencies to stick to their posts, continue to advance the promised policies and construction, deal with matters involving citizens' safety and rights in a timely manner, proactively connect work across bureaus, and ensure accurate reporting and rapid response to major or emergency incidents.

At the Taipei Design Awards ceremony, the "Ocean Current Ribbon" worn by award-winning designer Lai Chien-chen was removed from the official group photo, and the opening video also used an audition soundtrack with a voice watermark. IDC said the trial version was misused. The author questioned Chiang Wanan’s city government and campaign team for the successive issues of material verification and creation sources, including the use of images of players in the MV of the campaign song "Taipei Encore", images of actors in city government advertisements being used in campaign promotions without consent, and the "Taipei Policy Island" suspected of imitating Shen Boyang's policy island. The author believes that this reflects a problem of management culture. Political symbols are carefully handled, but professional inspections are repeatedly failed. He calls on Jiang Wanan to respond and protect the credibility of creators' labor and public records.

KMT New Taipei mayor candidate Li Sichuan went to Zhonghe District to sweep cars on the 11th, accompanied by party legislator Zhang Zhilun. He responded to the case of Su Qiaochun's "Unparalleled Intelligence" and asked Su Qiaohui and the Ministry of Finance to provide information for the Audit Department to investigate according to law. Regarding the People's Party Group's accusation that Su Qiaohui and Lai Ruilong were acquitted of amending the law for stock speculators and fraudsters, Li Sichuan admitted that he did not know the inside story and could not comment, but emphasized that the people's representative should give priority to public opinion and should not help lawbreakers amend the law.

There are 17 days left until the nine-in-one election in Taichung City. The Municipal Election Committee announced that there are 2,376,919 mayoral candidates, 2,369,254 municipal councilor candidates, and 77,228 first-time voters. The city has set up 1,980 voting booths and mobilized 28,064 election personnel. Four ballots will be collected for the November 28 vote.

People's Party New Taipei City Councilor Chen Shixuan broke the news that the National Army Juguang Garden broadcast Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang's video. The Ministry of National Defense responded that the program was recorded in 2024 and has nothing to do with this year's election. Chen Shixuan posted a question on Threads. The post was criticized by more than 2,500 comments, and netizens criticized him for joining the smear campaign.

Kremmel, the senior Republican member of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, accused Huida CEO Jen-Hsun Huang of having an extramarital affair with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy, posing a national security risk and calling on him to resign. Former White House economic adviser Kudlow also publicly called for Huang to step down. Huida did not respond to requests for comment.

Police Commissioner Zhang Rongxing responded to the legislator's inquiry and pointed out that he has about 10 cases of cross-border suppression, of which 4 cases have been prosecuted and 5 cases are under investigation. Local assisters will be strictly investigated and dealt with; another 47 people were found to assist Zhang Junjie in his escape, and the relevant network has been grasped.