By Dennis Xie / Staff writer, with CNACivic groups on Monday urged TV stations not to inflate vote counts when reporting the results of the Jan. 11 elections. “Some TV stations reported unrealistic vote counts in past elections,” she added. Chiu said that several incidents have created public commotion, without specifying them, adding that fabricated vote counts could further agitate members of the public and risk sparking clashes. Stations are prohibited from inflating vote counts in any way, it added. Third, the CEC and the NCC should treat fabricated vote counts by stations seriously and record the ballot-counting process in detail, it said, adding that strict punishment should be doled out to stations that broadcast fabricated vote counts.

Source: Taipei Times December 24, 2019 15:56 UTC