Electors urged to follow voting procedure

The station is one of four open for electors to familiarise themselves with voting procedures. Another one will be set up at Leighton Hill Community Hall. Both will open from tomorrow to September 8.
 
Mock stations at Tuen Mun Town Hall and Tai Po Community Centre will open from September 5 to 8.
 
All will be open from noon to 8pm. Appointments for group visits can be made by calling 3104 2594.
 
Except for Mei Foo Community Hall, the other three stations will not accept pre-arranged group visits on September 8 owing to the need to prepare for the poll the next day.
 
"The 'one-person-two-votes' arrangement is implemented in the forthcoming election. Of about 3.466 million registered geographical constituency electors, about 3.22 million who do not belong to any of the 28 traditional functional constituencies can cast one vote each in their respective geographical constituency and the newly created District Council (second) functional constituency," Justice Fung said.
 
"When voting, these electors should only choose one candidate list from each ballot paper and use the chop provided to stamp a 'tick' in the circle next to the chosen list.
 
"They should then fold the ballot papers inward once and put the geographical constituency ballot paper whose pattern on the back is blue into the blue ballot box and the District Council (second) functional constituency ballot paper whose back is mainly white into the white ballot box."
 
The ballot papers of the traditional functional constituencies should be put into the red ballot box.
 
Meanwhile, Justice Fung said he is concerned about the rise in election-related complaints.
 
"I notice election-related complaints, especially those on election advertisements, have increased quite significantly, perhaps because of the keen competition among candidates.
 
"I solemnly appeal to all candidates to abide by the guidelines on election-related activities and the electoral laws. The Electoral Affairs Commission and law enforcement agencies will strictly enforce electoral laws and guidelines."
 
Justice Fung reminded electors about the importance of safeguarding the secrecy of votes.
 
"Electors should mark the ballot papers by themselves inside a voting compartment. An elector in need may ask the Presiding Officer or his deputy to mark the ballot paper on his behalf, in the presence of a polling staff as witness."
 
Electors must not use mobile phones or other electronic communication devices, take photographs, or do video or audio recording inside a polling station.
 
Distribution of election advertisements and display of propaganda material, such as any badge, emblem, clothing or head-dress inside polling stations is also prohibited, he said.
 
"Once the poll closes, most polling stations will be converted into geographical constituency counting stations for the votes. Ballot boxes of all functional constituencies, including the District Council (second) functional constituency, will be delivered to the Central Counting Station at the AsiaWorld-Expo where counting of votes will take place."
 
Electors can call the election hotline 2891 1001 for enquiries.