The Taipei District Court announced the vote verification results of the Taipei mayoral election. Kuomintang Taipei mayoral candidate Ding Shouzhong responded, saying that there were many illegal vote collection situations in the voting, which had a great impact on his vote. (Photo source: Taiwan's "China Times Electronic News")
China Taiwan Net reported on December 13 that according to Taiwan's "China Times Electronic News", the Taipei mayoral election results were released today (13th), and the Taipei District Court announced that the Kuomintang Taipei mayoral candidate Ding Shouzhong received 577,096 votes, and current Taipei mayor Ke Wenzhe received 580,663 votes. The difference between the two was 3,567 votes. Compared with the number of votes cast on November 24, the gap between the two has slightly increased. In response, Ding Shouzhong immediately held a press conference at the Kuomintang Central Committee and said that the result was no different from what was originally expected, but the relevant serious facts have been determined and have been documented, which will be used as offensive and defensive evidence in the subsequent election invalidation lawsuit. "There are indeed Very helpful”.
Ding Shouzhong said that after the election, he received many reports from the public, claiming that votes were collected illegally. However, when the court reported the vote verification figures today, these votes had already been cast and no relevant results could be verified. He further pointed out that when checking the electoral roll, he discovered a very serious fact. There were too many people stamping their fingerprints to collect votes, but there were no inspectors or election supervisors to stamp two seals for verification. There were also many people using English, nicknames, etc. There are even situations where the same stamp is used to collect votes repeatedly, or when you go to collect the ballot, you find that the ticket has been taken away, and the ballot is not completely sealed or stamped, etc.
Ding Shouzhong said that the relevant facts have been documented by the judge and will be used as offensive and defensive evidence until the next lawsuit. This clearly proves that there were many illegal vote collection situations during this voting process, which has a great impact on the votes, far exceeding the number of votes won and lost. He said that he spent a huge amount of money to verify the votes and hire lawyers, and even asking for these evidences fully corroborated the facts pointed out in the voters' petitions.
lawyer Ye Qingyuan also said that Ding Shouzhong originally wanted to file an election invalidation lawsuit immediately. The recount was just a process, and more than 1,800 disputed votes were found, and there were rumors that some votes were cast and all the votes were inaccurate, which proved that the election affairs were handled improperly. Major flaws. Ye Qingyuan said that the Taipei City Election Committee did not follow the instructions of the Taiwan authorities' "Central Election Commission" and sent personnel to stand at the back of the line after the voting closed at 4 p.m. on the voting day to ensure that voters who arrived after 4 p.m. could not vote and allowed voters to watch the counting of votes. While waiting for voting, the impact of relevant actions on voting can clearly constitute an election invalidity and a lawsuit for invalidity of election.
Ye Qingyuan believes that the recount process has proved that the election led by Ke Wenzhe's municipal government has major illegal flaws. As for whether the effect is sufficient to meet the threshold for re-election, it will be left to the court for subsequent judgment.
lawyer Mo Yiwen said that in addition to the dispute over the hand-stamping of the electoral roll, another important point is whether the contents of the unopened vote counting paper are consistent with the report sheet. These must be revealed in court in the future. "If it is consistent with the report sheet, If it is inconsistent, I am afraid it will cause more illegal disputes in the future." He emphasized that announcing the vote count and disputed votes now is only part of it, and the more important stage is about to begin later. "The lawsuit for invalidation of the election is the most important core of this case." (China Taiwan Network Jia Ruolan)
