Taoyuan city councilor recall vote authorizedBy Huang Hsin-po, Tsai Ching-hua and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writerThe Central Election Commission yesterday said that a motion to recall Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taoyuan City Councilor Wang Hao-yu (王浩宇) had been approved and the vote would be held on Jan. 16. Eligible voters in the constituency represented by Wang number 315,143, of which 31,515 had to sign for the recall motion to proceed, the commission said. People protest against Kaohsiung City Councilor Huang Chieh after delivering the signatures for the second phase of a recall procedure to the Kaohsiung Election Commission yesterday. In related news, a group seeking to recall independent Kaohsiung City Councilor Huang Chieh (黃捷) yesterday delivered the second phase of signatures — totaling 40,918 — to the Kaohsiung City Election Commission. Huang yesterday said that she would remain focused on issues that require attention.

Source: Taipei Times November 20, 2020 15:56 UTC