By Hsieh Chun-lin, Lee Wen-hsin, Fion Khan and Jake Chung,
7 October
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The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus’ push for a runoff voting system in presidential elections is shortsighted and might not align with Taiwan’s constitutional framework, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus chief executive Chung Chia-pin (鍾佳濱) said.
KMT Legislator Weng Hsiao-ling (翁曉玲) is proposing an amendment to Article 63 of the Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act (總統副總統選舉罷免法) that would create a two-round voting system, while KMT Legislator Lo Chih-chiang (羅智強) is gathering signatures for a petition to amend the Constitution for a similar system.
Under a two-round voting system, if no candidate wins a clear majority in the first round, the top two candidates would proceed to a runoff to ensure the ultimate winner has majority support.
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Taipei Times
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