Vote Counting Controversies:
Presiding Officer Refused to Conduct a Second Count in Tsing Yi, Despite Request

(25 Nov) Awaiting the District Council Election outcome, citizens at the vote counting station for the Shing Hong constituency in Tsing Yi demanded a second count.

At the Lok Sin Tong Leung Chik Wai Memorial School polling station, citizens questioned the fairness of the count, as the problematic ballots were not displayed. People on site demanded a re-count, but were rejected by the Presiding Officer.

Eventually, the seat of Shing Hong constituency was won by pro-Beijing LEUNG Kar Ming from DAB (3531 votes), defeating Lucia CHIU Po Kam of Power for Democracy (3417 votes).

Source: TVB,
http://news.tvb.com/local/5ddb311de603831b143aed34/青衣盛康選區票站有人促重新點票-不獲選舉主任批准

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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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Re-count rejected by Presiding Officer in Hong Kong

(25 Nov) People at the counting station for the Shing Hong constituency in Tsing Yi demanded a re-count.

At the Lok Sin Tong Leung Chik Wai Memorial School polling station, people questioned the fairness of the counting, particularly that problematic ballots were not displayed. People on site demanded a re-count, but were rejected by the Presiding Officer.

Eventually, the Shing Hong constituency was won by DAB's LEUNG Kar Ming (3531 votes), defeating Lucia CHIU Po Kam of Power for Democracy (3417 votes).

Source: TVB Hong Kong
http://news.tvb.com/local/5ddb311de603831b143aed34/青衣盛康選區票站有人促重新點票-不獲選舉主任批准

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Vote Counting Controversies

(25 Nov)Desmond Fung who is the pro-democracy candidate of the Lam Tin constituency lost the election by 50 votes. “I’m sorry to all of you.” Fung apologized to the voters at the Lam Tin polling station, adding that his win or loss was not important. “The win of Hong Kong is the most important.” He called on everyone to continue the fight through different means, tearing up as he spoke.

Vote counting at the Lam Tin constituency has been controversial as two rounds of ballot counting still offered up no results. Residents at the polling station asked for another count, but the electoral officer refused and called the police. A large number of riot police arrived to block off the polling station entrance. The electoral officer later said residents could file complaints with the Election Committee if they were still dissatisfied. There were about 100 problematic ballots at the two Lam Tin constituency polling stations, and the number was more than the number of valid votes of the opponent, which was 50. The problematic ballots had multiple stamps and stamping outside of the circles.

Source: The stand news
https://dce2019.thestandnews.com/
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