The recall vote on Keelung Mayor George Hsieh (謝國樑) would be held today and would need more than 77,700 valid “agree” votes to pass, the Keelung City Election Commission said on Friday.
The total number of eligible voters for the recall vote is 310,797. The voting is to be held from 8am to 4pm at 283 polling stations set up across the seven administrative districts in the northern port city, the commission said in a news release.
In accordance with the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act (公職人員選舉罷免法), the recall vote is to pass if the number of valid “agree” votes exceeds the number of “disagree” votes, and the number of “agree” votes reaches more than one quarter (more than 77,700 votes) of the total eligible voters in the electoral district, the statement read.
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“If the number of valid ‘disagree’ votes exceeds the number of ‘agree’ votes, or if the number of ‘agree’ votes does not meet the required threshold, the recall will be rejected,” it added.
A campaign to recall Hsieh, a member of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) who has been in office since 2022, was initiated in March following a dispute over the changing of the operator of Keelung E-Square Mall.
The recall campaign also accuses Hsieh of failing to fulfill his campaign pledges and had abused his power.
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