An estimated 19.88 million people will be eligible to vote on four national referendum questions on Dec. 18, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said Monday.
The vote on the four questions was originally scheduled to take place on Aug. 28, but it was postponed to Dec. 18 as a precaution to prevent the potential spread of COVID-19.
Individuals who were eligible to vote on the referendum questions in August, totaling an estimated 19.88 million eligible voters, will also be eligible to cast ballots in December, according to CEC Chairman Lee Chin-yung (李進勇).
That number will be higher than the 19.31 million people eligible to vote in Taiwan’s 2020 presidential election because the voting age for referendums is 18, compared to 20 for the last presidential election.
The number of eligible voters could still be updated in the coming weeks, the CEC said.
The four referendum questions ask voters if they want to start up the mothballed Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei; ban pork imports with traces of the leanness drug ractopamine; move a planned liquefied natural gas terminal in Taoyuan to avoid damaging an algal reef; and allow referendums to be held in conjunction with elections.
A total of 17,479 polling stations nationwide will be set up for the upcoming referendum, Lee said.
People can see if they are eligible to vote and find their designated polling station simply by going to a special section on the Ministry of the Interior’s website from Dec. 13 and 18 and entering their national ID number and birthdate, the CEC said.
Eligible voters can also find the polling station where they will be required to vote on the “Where do I vote” platform on the CEC’s website, Lee said.
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel