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[15:00 Lam Tin Instant] Chaotic District Council election vote counting at Lam Tin’s J19 Constituency

(25 Nov) Pro-democracy candidate Desmond Fung Tak-sum (No. 2) had originally defeated Kan Ming-tung of the pro-Beijing Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (No. 1) with a small number of votes. However, the Electoral Officer later declared some problematic ballot papers valid, including one with three stamps and another one with a stamp on the profile of the candidate. After including these ballots, candidate No. 1 won with 4,080 votes.

This caused an uproar among residents at the scene as they believed the Electoral Officer had no objective standard in defining between valid and invalid ballots. Riot police later entered the polling station to escort the transport of the ballot boxes to the Registration and Electoral Office. Fung was extremely dissatisfied over the vote-counting procedure and the improper handling by the election officer, which led to a chaotic counting process.

Source: https://www.instagram.com/tv/B5R6_VGhai2/?igshid=6cltu169iwk3

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