The Taipei High Administrative Court has ruled in favor of setting up a voting box in the Taipei Prison. This occurred after an inmate, surnamed Lin, filed a lawsuit arguing for his right to vote in prison...
Amnesty International Taiwan took a stance against current COVID-19 measures slated for the upcoming election earlier this month. Namely, under current provisions, individuals with COVID-19 will be mandated to quarantine for seven days and so cannot go out and vote. The elections will take place on November 26th...
The Central Election Commission (CEC) has taken a stance against calls for measures to be taken to allow those with COVID-19 to vote, claiming that there is no legal basis for this to take place. Specifically, the CEC asserts that there is no constitutional basis to take special measures to allow those with COVID-19 to vote...
In past months, one has observed a number of conflicting referendum proposals achieving the necessary political benchmarks to be held. The number of referendum proposals currently on the table is inclusive of referendums calling for gay marriage, against gay marriage, for nuclear power, for coal power, and for changing the name under which Taiwan is to participate in 2020 Tokyo Olympics...
