NPP backs KMT call for absentee voteOPPOSITION: The KMT is using absentee voting as an excuse to promote mail-in ballots, which contravene the Constitution, DPP caucus whip Ker Chien-ming saidBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporterThe New Power Party (NPP) caucus yesterday threw its support behind a proposal by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) to amend the Referendum Act (公民投票法) to allow absentee voting. “We will submit our version of the amendment to allow people to vote through absentee ballots in referendums,” Chen said. The KMT is using absentee voting as an excuse to promote mail-in ballots, which are against the Constitution, he said. DPP caucus secretary general Lo Chih-cheng (羅致政) said that the DPP’s position has always been to stipulate special regulations for absentee voting. Furthermore, the commission will need at least six months to train poll workers on the mechanics of an absentee voting system, he added.

Source: Taipei Times July 06, 2021 16:00 UTC