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A-WEB World Election Database Survey 2024

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Questionnaire

(1)Member EMB Information

1. Country where your organization is located:  ROC Taiwan

2. Name of your organization: Central Election Commission

3. Date of your organization’s establishment: 1980

4. Type of organization: Legally independent organization

5. Composition of Commissioners (eg., Chairperson, two Vice Chairpersons, one Secretary General, nine Commissioners): one Chairperson, one Vice-Chairperson and 9 Commissioners

6. Method of selecting the Chairperson:
□ Elected □ Appointed

7. Term of the Chairperson (Head) of your organization (please select one):

□ Until retirement age

□ Permanent with no limit

□ Fixed term (years) :  4 years

- Reappointment possible: □ Yes □ No

8. Total number of staff (based on full-time employees at all levels of organization): 261

9. Primary roles and functions of the Organization (please select all that apply):

□ Election management

□ Voter registration

□ Delimitation of electoral districts

□ Management of political party affairs

□ Management of political funds affairs

□ Enactment and amendment of the Election Law

□ Voter education

□ Mediation of electoral disputes

□ Investigation and enforcement against election law violations

(2)World Election Database

Ⅰ. National System

1. Form of Government:

□ Presidential system

□ Parliamentary system

□ Semi-presidential system 

□ Other (please specify): According to the Constitution of the Republic of China, the President is the head of state. The President represents the country in foreign relations and at state functions. All actions are conducted in the President's name, including command of the armed forces, promulgation of laws and decrees, declaration of martial law (with the approval or confirmation of the Legislative Yuan), appointment and removal of civil servants and military officers, conferring of honors and decorations, granting of amnesties and pardons, remission of sentences, restitution of civil rights, as well as the conclusion of treaties and the declaration of war and cease-fires. The President is directly elected by the entire populace of the free area of the Republic of China. The Executive Yuan is the nation's highest administrative body, and the premier is directly appointed by the President. Executive Yuan meetings, chaired by the President of the Executive Yuan, decide on major policies and propose laws, budgets, martial law, amnesties, declarations of war, peace treaties, and other significant matters to the Legislative Yuan. The Legislative Yuan is the country's highest legislative body. The Legislative Yuan may file a motion of no-confidence against the President of the Executive Yuan, and the Executive Yuan may, in turn, request that the President dissolve the Legislative Yuan.

2. Term of the President (if applicable): 4 years

    2-1.Reappointment possible: □ Yes □ No

3. National Assembly:

□ Unicameral

□ Bicameral

4. If Unicameral:

    4-1. Term of Members of Parliament: ( 4  ) years

    4-2. Limit on the number of reappointments: □ Yes □ No

    4-3. Number of seats in the Parliament: ( 113 )

5. If Bicameral:

     5-1. Term of Members of the Upper House: (  ) years

     5-2. Limit on the number of reappointments: □Yes □No

     5-3. Number of seats in the Upper House: (   )

     5-4. Term of Members of the Lower House: (  ) years

     5-5. Limit on the number of reappointments: □Yes □No

     5-6. Number of seats in the Lower House: (  )

Ⅱ. General Electoral System

6. Presidential Election: □ Direct □ Indirect

     6-1. Runoff voting system in the Presidential Election: □ Yes □ No 

7. Parliamentary Election:

      7-1. Upper House:

      □ Direct □ Indirect
      □ Majoritarian □Proportional □Mixed (Majoritarian_______ %, Proportional _______%) 

      7-2. Unicameral or Lower House:
      □ Direct □ Indirect
      □ Majoritarian □Proportional □Mixed (Majoritarian 70 %, Proportional 30 %)

Ⅲ. Recent Election Status

8. What was the most recent election held? (It can be the last election, no matter how long ago)

     8-1. Type of election:

   □ Presidential □ Parliamentary □ Local □Referendum 

□Others (please specify):

      8-2. Date of the most recent election held (if the exact date is unavailable, please provide the year): 13 January 2024

*Please answer the following questions (9-13) based on the most recent election you mentioned above:

9. Number of polling stations:

    □ Domestic ___0____ □ Overseas ____0____

10. Opening/Closing time of polling stations: _8am to 4pm

11. Number of registered voters: __19,548,531  

12. Voter turnout (%):   74.9%    

13. Did your Organization run international election observation program?

      □ Yes □No □Other: ________________________

Ⅳ.Electoral System: Voting and Counting Procedures

14. Voting age: _______20________

15. Age of candidacy:

     15-1. President: ___40____

     15-2. Member of Parliament:  23

16. Is overseas voting allowed? □ Yes □ No

17. Please select all applicable methods for overseas voting:

      □ Mail □ Visit to Embassy/Consulate □ Other (please specify):

18. Is voting compulsory? □ Yes □ No

19. Please check all special voting methods available:

      □ Advance voting (early in-person voting)

      □ Postal voting
      □ Mobile booth voting
      □ Proxy voting
      □ Voting assistance for individuals with neurodevelopmental or  physical disabilities or senior citizens
      □ Other (please specify):

20. The primary status of the staff involved in voting and ballot counting:

      □ Civil Servants □ Civilians

21. Is biometric data (fingerprints, photo, signatures, etc.) used to verify voters on election day?

      □Yes □ No □ Other: ________________________

22. How is voting conducted? (please select all that apply):

      □ Manual (marking a paper ballot and placing it in the ballot box)

      □ Electronic- optical scanner

      □ Electronic- touch screen voting

      □ Electronic- internet voting

      □ Other: ________________________

23. How is the vote counting conducted? (please select all that apply):

      □ Manual □ Electronic □ Other

24. Where is the vote counting conducted? (please select all that apply):

      □ At each polling station □ At a central counting center

25. When does vote counting begin? (please select all that apply):

      □ Immediately after voting ends □The following day □ Other:

26. How long does it take from the election day to announce the results? On the day of the Election Day

27. Is there a unified voter registry?

      □ Centralized national registry □Multiple regional registries

28. How often is the voter registry updated?

       □Monthly □Annually □Only before elections □ Other (please specify):

29. Does the voter need to personally register to vote?

       □Yes □ No

Ⅴ. Political Funds

30. Is there a system where the national or local government partially covers the election campaign costs 

      for candidates?    

      □ Yes (including conditional coverage) □ No

31. Does the national or local government provide subsidies (separate from campaign costs) for the           

      operation of political parties or elections?   

       □ Yes □ No

32. Is there a limit on election expenses?

     □ Yes □ No

33. Are the details of candidates' election expenditures posted online?

     □ Yes □ No 

________ ↓ Previous Information ↓________​

○ Presidential Election  

 - Term of office: 4 years

○​ Parliamentary Elections  ​  

 - Seats: 113

 - Term of office: 4 years 

○​ Election system  

 · Number of polling stations: 17,226

 · Opening and closing time of polling stations 

  -  8 am and 4 pm respectively

 · Number of registered voters: 19,548,531 (2024 presidential and parliamentary elections)

 · Voter turnout: 74,90% (2024 presidential and parliamentary elections​)

 · Voting age: 20

 - Presidential: simple majority candidates are nominated by political party or citizen petition candidates must jointly register voters and select one pair of candidates.

 - Parliamentary 

    1. Legislators are elected in three different ways. 73 seats are district legislators elected by single-member districts. 34 seats are legislators-at-large seats, elected by party votes. The remaining 6 are indigenous legislators, elected by SNTV. 

   2. Female seats are reserved by the constitution and laws in Taiwan. In legislators at large elections: half of the seats shall be female. For local councilors: Out of every four elected officials in each electoral district, at least one must be female. female shares nearly 40% of seats in Parliament.

· Voting process 

  1. Election Announcement

  2. Candidate Registration

  3. Lot-Drawing to determine the candidates’ number designation 

  4. Campaign Activities

  5. Public Forums

  6. Display and Public release the voter lists

  7. The printing and distribution of election bulletins and voter notification

  8. Voting ( Verify National ID Card -> Receive Ballots -> Mark Ballots -> Cast Ballots )

  9. Vote Counting

  10. Electee List Announcement

  11. The Awarding of Electee Certificates 

· Counting process

  1. Manual Count in Polling Station: take each ballot out of the box one by one consecutively, and display it to the attending public witnesses.

  2. After the township electoral operation centers receive the voter result from the polling stations, the data will be entered into a centralized computing system.

  3. The Counting and Information Center for Election provides real-time election results to the public.

  4. The public could check up-to-date polling counts through the CEC’s website on election Day

· Time to take to announce voting results in the country: about 7 hours. The final results are usually available within the same day of the election