Tag: Hong Kong

“Occupy Central with Love and Peace” (OCLP) have commissioned the Public Opinion Programme at the University of Hong Kong and the Centre for Social Policy Studies at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University to organize a “New Year Civil Referendum”, which looks to encourage members of the general public to express their views on the principles of CE Election. It’s also designed to get the public familiar with the e-voting and raise awareness of the “civil authorization” of future CE Election proposals.

The “New Year Civil Referendum” is scheduled to be held on 1 January (Wednesday) 2014, and the topic of referendum is “Principles of CE Election”, with a total of 3 propositions. The results will be announced at the Civil Human Rights Front’s Post New Year Rally Gathering.

Propositions

Proposition 1: The representativeness of the Chief Executive Nominating Committee should be increased.

Proposition 2: There should not be pre-screening mechanism in the Chief Executive nomination process.

Proposition 3: Chief Executive nomination process should include element of civil nomination.

Voting arrangements

Online voting
Voting time: 1 January 2014 01:01 – 18:00
Website: “PopVote” (http://popvote.hk)
Verification information: the HKID number of the voter in full, and a cell phone number for sending SMS

Smartphone Application voting (Smartphone App)
Voting time: 1 January 2014 01:01 – 18:00
iOS users: please download the “PopVote” application in the App Store
Android users: please download the “PopVote” application in Google Play
Verification information: the HKID number of the voter in full, and a cell phone number for sending SMS

Polling station
Voting time: 1 January 2014 13:00 – 18:30
Location of polling station: Bandstand, Victoria Park, Hong Kong
Verification information: HKID card

For more details and the exact voting process:
www.popvote.hk
http://hkupop.hku.hk/english/release/release1092.html