Amendments aim to halt meddling with electionsBy Huang Hsin-po / Staff reporterThe Ministry of the Interior on Thursday finalized draft amendments to the Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act (總統副總統選舉罷免法) and the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act (公職人員選舉罷免法) targeting vote-buying, gambling and foreign actors meddling with local elections. Photo: Huang Hsin-po, Taipei TimesTo prevent disinformation from influencing voters, the proposed amendments borrow from US legislation a provision requiring advertisements for elections and recall votes to specify who paid for them. The amendment would only apply to local and legislative elections, not presidential elections, the ministry said. The Political Parties Act does not limit the number of parties that a person can join, which created the loophole, Civil Affairs Department Director Lin Ching-chi (林清淇) said. If passed into law, the amendments would apply to the 2022 local elections, it said.

Source: Taipei Times June 05, 2020 15:56 UTC