PEACE AND DEMOCRACY: As one of the first elections to be held in a year of major international voting, Taiwan has shown the world that ‘between democr
RULE DIFFICULTIES: An official said there were security issues to consider, including that voting inmates would have to be alone in a booth that guard
US-CHINA COMPETITION: Beijing’s embassy opposed the bill, which would subsidize firms that produce in the US, saying it showed Washington’s ‘cold war
NOT THIS YEAR: Eligible voters would be able to transfer their ballot, while those in remote areas could vote from anywhere in the region, a legislati
UNRESOLVED SAGA: Elected investors vowed to ‘make Tatung prosperous for the next century,’ but the FSC is still probing the issue of Chinese influence
YOU ACCUSED: The legislative speaker had rigged a vote for Chen Chu, KMT Chairman Johnny Chiang said, adding that it was a ‘scandal’ for a democratic
PROVISIONAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION: An amendment to the Referendum Act was the first measure passed after the schedule for plenary sessions was agreed up
‘LONGEST NIGHT’: The director of a Taipei election supervisory task force said she would raise concerns with the commission over the poor execution of
九合一選舉今日舉行,各地出現投票民眾大排長龍,引發電子化投票的討論,據查,全球有9個國家都曾用E化系統來投票,但這種投票方式也被認為缺乏透明度。根據維基百科「Electronic voting by country」頁面,在全國性、市政級任一等級的選舉中,全球有9個國家有曾採用電子化系統投票的紀錄,
‘FIRST YEAR OF SPORTS’: The electoral commission is to review the petition, and if approved, the group must collect at least 280,000 signatures to lau
‘THROWING A FIT’: The KMT called for three votes on each of 276 items to block the passage of the bill, while holding up signs and demanding Tsai Ing-
UNDER THREAT: The Next Media Group and a Hong Kong referendum Web site were hacked, presumably by China, but both said they would not bow to attacks o