The first issue is about the composition of the election committee members. The Election Law stipulates: “Any member of the election committee who represents a candidate shall resign from the election committee.” Therefore, at the time of the replacement, members of the leadership team of the county and township party committees may not all be arranged to serve as deputies to the National People's Congress. Members of the election committee may be nominated from among the responsible comrades of the party committees at the county and township levels who do not serve as deputies to the National People's Congress. If individual township leading cadres are indeed If the election organization needs to work, and must be elected to participate in the election committee or must serve as the main person in charge of the election committee, and is subsequently nominated, recommended and determined in accordance with the law to become an official representative candidate, he may work first and then resign after the actual work of the election committee is basically completed. its election committee duties.
The second issue is about voter registration. The focus is on the issue of registration of representative candidates recommended by the organization. According to the principles stipulated in the law and the explanation by the relevant person in charge of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, "leaders of township and town government agencies are recommended to other constituencies as voters for candidates of the National People's Congress Representative" ", the recommended candidates for township people's congress representatives will all register at their original work units and will no longer register in the recommended constituency." The People's Liberation Army stationed in the area only participates in the election of county People's Congress deputies and does not participate in the election of township People's Congress deputies in the jurisdiction where they live. Voter registration can only be based on the election of county People's Congress deputies.
The third issue is about organizing meetings between representative candidates and voters. As long as there are voters who request to meet with the representative candidates, the election committee should carefully organize the representative candidates to meet with the voters, and the representative candidates will introduce their personal situation, answer the voters' questions, and listen to the voters' opinions. Candidates' meetings with voters must be conducted under the unified arrangement and organization of the election committee.
The fourth issue is about protecting the voting rights of the floating population. The floating population must be mobilized and organized to participate in elections in accordance with relevant legal provisions. In principle, floating people participate in elections at their place of residence. All localities should, based on actual conditions, appropriately relax the conditions for migrant populations to participate in elections in their current place of residence, and support migrant populations in participating in elections in their current place of residence.
The fifth issue is about protecting voters’ right to know. The election committee shall promptly announce the preliminary representative candidates, the list of official representative candidates and the basic information of the representative candidates in accordance with the law, listen extensively to the opinions of voters, seriously accept complaints and reports, and promptly organize investigations and verifications; if it is found that the basic information of the representative candidates is untrue or suspected of Issues such as violations of discipline and law should be reported to voters in a timely manner, and voters should be organized to discuss and negotiate seriously, and handle them in accordance with the law.
The sixth issue is about organizing voter voting in accordance with the law. The election committee shall set up polling stations in accordance with the principle of making it convenient for voters to vote locally and nearby. In rural constituencies, polling stations may be set up in natural villages or villager groups. In areas where voters live relatively concentrated, an election meeting can be held to conduct elections. The mobile ballot box should be uniformly produced by the election committee, and more than two supervisors must be responsible for its use; voters who vote in the mobile ballot box shall be registered and registered by the election committee, and they shall sign or stamp the registration book; after the voting, , the scrutineer will seal the voting port and sign.
The seventh issue is about strengthening the review of representative qualifications. The Representative Qualification Review Committee shall review in accordance with the law whether the elected representatives meet the basic conditions for representatives stipulated in the Constitution and laws, whether the election complies with the procedures prescribed by law, and whether there are any illegal acts that undermine the election and invalidate the election. For those who do not comply with legal provisions or who are elected based on illegal behavior, the opinion that the election of individual representatives is invalid shall be stated in the report and shall be determined by the Standing Committee of the County People's Congress and the Presidium of the Township People's Congress. The Representative Qualification Examination Committee shall seriously accept reports on elected representatives and submit them to relevant parties for investigation and handling in accordance with the law in a timely manner; if there are clear clues to the reported issues of elected representatives but have not yet been verified, the relevant parties shall continue to investigate and may delay the submission that their election is valid or successful. Invalid opinion.
The eighth issue is about setting up a secret ticket office.It should be determined based on the actual situation of each place. In order to facilitate organization, each constituency should choose and determine the location to participate in the election meeting in advance, such as schools, village committees, etc., first determine a number of houses as voters' secret voting places, and then follow the election process Guide voters to vote and count votes; the polling stations established should also set up "secret vote writing offices" according to their respective circumstances. This regulation is mandatory, so during the voting stage, each township election committee guided each constituency to set up a secret ballot writing office.
The ninth issue is about mobile ballot boxes and proxy voting. Organize mobile voting. Mobile voting is mainly for people who are old, weak, sick, disabled, live in scattered places, have inconvenient transportation, and cannot leave their jobs. Ballot box management personnel must be arranged. Each mobile ballot box must be managed by at least three people. Strictly vote by proxy. Voters who cannot come to vote due to special circumstances must submit a proxy application to the Election Committee in writing before the election day in accordance with the law. The person being entrusted must be a voter in the constituency. The proxy application has been reviewed and approved by the Election Committee. You can then entrust it.
Author: Zhang Tianke
Editor: Qiming
