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Security, defense officials say majority of staff will be able to vote on March 22

National Police Administration Director-General Hou You-yi (侯友宜) said yesterday at least 89 percent of the nation's 63,282 police officers will be able to take leave of absence to vote in the presidential election on March 22.

"Approximately 7,000 officers will be unable to vote as it is simply too far from their posts to the location of their household registration," Hou told the legislature's Home and Nations Committee meeting yesterday morning.

Hou said that at least 15,000 officers will be stationed at local polling stations, while another 47,000 officers will be out on the streets. All remaining officers will take turns taking leave for the election, starting from March 21.

Central Election Commission Chairman (CEC) Chang Cheng-hsiung (張政雄) said at the same setting that nearly 207,000 commission employees would be working at polling stations on the day and they would all be allowed to vote at the station where they are working, if they apply.

As for the military, an official told the meeting that 75 percent of military personnel would be on duty, but they would take turns to leave for the election. Shen said that details of the plan would be reported to the legislature's Diplomacy and National Defense Committee next Thursday.

Coast Guard Administration Minister Wang Chin-wang (王進旺) said that 85.6 percent of his staff would be able to vote that day.
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