The Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced five rules governing photography and filming during the ballot-counting process, which will be allowed for the first time after Saturday’s presidential and legislative elections.
Commission Deputy Chairman Chen Wen-sheng (陳文生) said that members of the public cannot use flashes or other sources of light when taking photos or filming; go beyond the observation areas either physically or with their equipment; block the view of other people with their equipment; attempt to direct, interfere or stop the ballot counting processes verbally or by gestures; or take photos of personnel at specific ballot booths.
“We understand that there may be a large crowd of people who are eager to ‘oversee’ the ballot counting process, so these rules are detailed so that people can avoid unintentional violations,” Chen said.
Given that the ballot counting does not begin until after at least 4pm, which might affect visibility, people who unwittingly use their camera flash to take a picture will be asked by staff members to turn off their flashes, Chen said.
If the warnings are disregarded, the staffers would ask the photographer to leave the ballot-counting area, he added.
He also reminded the public that while the commission agreed to allow photography and filming during ballot counting, neither is allowed during the voting phase.
The commission has notified its branches nationwide and there is to be a poster at each voting booth reminding the public not to take photos, Chen said.
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫), spokeswoman Yang Chih-yu (楊智伃) and Legislator Hsieh Lung-chieh (謝龍介) would be summoned by police for questioning for leading an illegal assembly on Thursday evening last week, Minister of the Interior Liu Shyh-fang (劉世芳) said today. The three KMT officials led an assembly outside the Taipei City Prosecutors’ Office, a restricted area where public assembly is not allowed, protesting the questioning of several KMT staff and searches of KMT headquarters and offices in a recall petition forgery case. Chu, Yang and Hsieh are all suspected of contravening the Assembly and Parade Act (集會遊行法) by holding
PRAISE: Japanese visitor Takashi Kubota said the Taiwanese temple architecture images showcased in the AI Art Gallery were the most impressive displays he saw Taiwan does not have an official pavilion at the World Expo in Osaka, Japan, because of its diplomatic predicament, but the government-backed Tech World pavilion is drawing interest with its unique recreations of works by Taiwanese artists. The pavilion features an artificial intelligence (AI)-based art gallery showcasing works of famous Taiwanese artists from the Japanese colonial period using innovative technologies. Among its main simulated displays are Eastern gouache paintings by Chen Chin (陳進), Lin Yu-shan (林玉山) and Kuo Hsueh-hu (郭雪湖), who were the three young Taiwanese painters selected for the East Asian Painting exhibition in 1927. Gouache is a water-based
Taiwan would welcome the return of Honduras as a diplomatic ally if its next president decides to make such a move, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said yesterday. “Of course, we would welcome Honduras if they want to restore diplomatic ties with Taiwan after their elections,” Lin said at a meeting of the legislature’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee, when asked to comment on statements made by two of the three Honduran presidential candidates during the presidential campaign in the Central American country. Taiwan is paying close attention to the region as a whole in the wake of a
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck eastern Taiwan's Hualien County at 2:23pm today, according to the Central Weather Administration (CWA). The epicenter of the temblor was 5.4 kilometers northeast of Hualien County Hall, at a depth of 34.9 km, according to the CWA. The earthquake's intensity, which gauges the actual effect of a temblor, was the highest in Hualien County, where it measured 2 on Taiwan's 7-tier intensity scale. The quake also measured an intensity of 1 in Yilan county, Taichung, Nantou County, Changhua County and Yunlin County, the CWA said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
RSS