A Brief Schedule of Tasks for the Ninth Presidential and Vice-Presidential Election and Third National Assembly Election

OrderImplementation dateTask item
¢°Nov. 23, 1995
  1. Public announcement of presidential and vice presidential election.
  2. Public announcement of National Assembly election.
  3. Public announcement to citizens of the free areas of the R.O.C. living overseas to register to return to the R.O.C. and exercise their right to vote in the presidential and vice presidential election.
¢±Nov. 23, 1995 to Feb. 12, 1996 Accepting registrations from overseas voters to return to the R.O.C. and apply to vote in the presidential and vice-presidential election.
¢²Nov. 24 to Nov. 28, 1995 Accepting applications of endorsed nominees for the presidential and vice-presidential election.
¢³Nov. 29, 1995 Public announcement of endorsed nominees for the presidential and vice-presidential election.
¢´Nov. 30, 1995 to Jan. 13, 1996 Accepting endorsement documents for the presidential and vicepresidential election.
¢µPrior to Jan. 24, 1996 Endorsement documents for the presidential and vice-presidential election are investigated.
¢¶Prior to Jan. 25, 1996 Public announcement of endorsement results for the presidential and vice-presidential election.
¢·Jan. 26, 1996
  1. Public announcement of registration date and prerequisite items for presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
  2. Public announcement of registration date and prerequisite items for National Assembly candidates.
¢¸Jan. 29 to Feb. 5, 1996 Accepting candidate registration applications.
¢°¢¯Prior to Feb. 4, 1996 Presidential and vice-presidential candidate security deposits are returned.
¢°¢°Prior to Feb. 5, 1996 Deadline for the various political parties to revise or withdraw their lists of candidates for the National Assembly election.
¢°¢±Prior to Feb. 5, 1996 Deadline for withdrawing regional or aboriginal National Assembly candidates endorsed by the various political parties.
¢°¢²Prior to Feb. 11, 1996 The list of presidential and vice-presidential candidates will be drawn up and candidates will be notified of drawing of lots for ballot order.
¢°¢³Feb. 14, 1996 Ballot order of presidential and vice-presidential candidates determined by drawing lots.
¢°¢´Prior to Feb. 15, 1996 Three copies of examined National Assembly candidate registration books are sent to the Central Election Commission for review.
¢°¢µPrior to Feb. 22, 1996 Notification of results of investigation of overseas voters' applications to return to the R.O.C. and vote in the presidential and vice-presidential election.
¢°¢¶Feb. 23, 1996 Public announcement of list of presidential and vice-presidential candidates, dates of beginning and end of campaign activities period, and daily time of beginning and end of permitted campaign activities.
¢°¢·Feb 24 to Mar. 22, 1996 Period allotted for campaign activities of presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
¢°¢¸Prior to Feb. 24, 1996 Completion of printing of public bulletins announcing the presidential and vice-presidential election.
¢±¢¯Prior to Feb. 27, 1996 Written announcement of number of overseas voters who have applied to return to the R.O.C. to vote in presidential and vice-presidential election.
¢±¢°Prior to Mar. 1, 1996 Public announcement of the locations suitable for campaign activities.
¢±¢±Prior to Mar. 2, 1996 List of National Assembly candidates is finalized and candidates are notified of drawing of lots.
¢±¢²Mar. 3, 1996 Compilation of candidate list completed.
¢±¢³Mar. 5, 1996 Lots are drawn to determine the legal ballot order of regional and aboriginal National Assembly candidates.
¢±¢´Prior to Mar. 6, 1996 Written notification of ballot order of regional and aboriginal National Assembly candidates as determined by the drawing of lots.
¢±¢µMar. 8, 1996 Public announcement of voting locations.
¢±¢¶Mar. 12 to Mar. 8, 1996 Candidate list announcement read in public.
¢±¢·Mar. 12, 1996 Public announcement of National Assembly candidate list, dates of beginning and end of campaign activities period, and daily times for beginning and end of permitted campaign activities.
¢±¢¸Mar. 13 to Mar. 22, 1996 Meetings are held to allow National Assembly candidates to state their political platforms.
¢²¢¯Prior to Mar. 13, 1996 Printing of the public bulletin for the National Assembly election completed.
¢²¢°Mar. 13 and 14, 1996 Investigation of revisions to voter rosters.
¢²¢±Mar. 20, 1996 Public announcement of number of voters.
¢²¢²Mar. 20, 1996 Printing of ballots completed.
¢²¢³Prior to Mar. 21, 1996 Election bulletins and voting notices are distributed.
¢²¢´Prior to Mar. 21, 1996 Election ballots issued to township, town, city, and regional public offices.
¢²¢µMar. 22, 1996 Ballots are issued to executive managers of voting locations; voting locations are prepared for the elections.
¢²¢¶Mar. 23, 1996 Voting takes place.
¢²¢·Mar. 25, 1996 Drawing of lots to select winner from among National Assembly candidates who have received an identical number of votes or from among political parties which have received an identical number of excess votes.
¢²¢¸Mar. 27, 1996 Summary report of election results and list of successful candidates compiled and issued.
¢³¢¯Prior to Mar. 29, 1996 List of successful candidates finalized.
¢³¢°Mar. 30, 1996
  1. Public announcement of name of successful presidential and vice-presidential candidate.
  2. Public announcement of list of successful National Assembly candidates.
¢³¢±Prior to Apr. 3, 1996
  1. Certificates are issued to the successful presidential and vice-presidential candidate.
  2. Certificates are issued to the successful National Assembly candidates.
¢³¢²Prior to Apr. 9, 1996 Candidates' security deposits are returned.
¢³¢³Prior to Apr. 9, 1996 Tabulated numbers of votes received at each voting location are mailed to each pair of presidential and vice-presidential candidates and each regional and aboriginal National Assembly candidate.
¢³¢´Prior to Apr. 19, 1996 Each political party endorsing candidates or each pair of candidates not endorsed by a political party in the presidential and vice-presidential election are notified they may collect subsidies covering election-related expenses.
¢³¢µPrior to Apr. 19, 1996 Political parties and candidates in the National Assembly election are notified they may collect subsidies covering election-related expenses.
¢³¢¶Prior to Apr. 22, 1996 Settlement of accounts regarding declarations of election-related income and expenditures of presidential and vice-presidential candidates and regional and aboriginal candidates in the National Assembly delegate election.
¢³¢·Prior to June 6, 1996 Final statement of presidential and vice-presidential candidates' election-related income and expenditures is published and issued by the government.


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