More than 17 million citizens will be eligible to cast ballots in the March 22 presidential election, the Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced.
The commission on Thursday published the exact number of eligible voters for the presidential poll as the campaign enters the home stretch.
The CEC figures show a total of 17,325,508 voters are eligible to join the upcoming presidential vote.
The figures also show that 17,317,738 voters are eligible to vote in the referendums to be held alongside the presidential poll. CEC officials said the discrepancy lies in the fact that more than 7,700 expatriates have successfully registered to vote in the presidential poll, but may not necessarily be qualified to vote in the referendums.
REFERENDUM MOTION
CEC Secretary-General Teng Tien-yu (
Wu Yu-hsueh (吳雨學), a CEC commissioner recommended by the Taiwan Solidarity Union, filed an application on Wednesday asking that the commission reconsider its decision on the two referendums.
On Feb. 1, the CEC had decided through a 6 to 4 vote to hold the two referendums alongside the presidential election.
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One referendum was initiated by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on joining the UN under the name Taiwan and the other by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) calling for rejoining the UN under the official title Republic of China or any other "practical" names.
Wu was one of the six CEC commissioners who voted in favor of the decision.
CEC Chairman Chang Cheng-hsiung (
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