Under the "restriction order", the general public "overwhelmingly engaged in primary elections", the democratic primary elections are full of loopholes
[Global Times reporter Yang Weimin] Hong Kong Fanmin held a primary election of candidates for the Legislative Council elections for two consecutive days from the 11th, and was questioned for violating the "restriction order", and the primary election process was full of loopholes.
According to Hong Kong's "Sing Tao Daily" reported on the 12th, in response to the September Legislative Council elections, Panmin set up more than 240 ticketing stations in Hong Kong on the 11th, including members' offices, street stations and even snack carts, for citizens to use electronic or Paper-based voting for the primary election. The primary election was originally scheduled to start at 9 am on the 11th, but was temporarily postponed until noon to accept the vote. Dai Yaoting, associate professor of the Law School of the University of Hong Kong, which is responsible for co-ordinating the primary election, said the preparations were delayed because the police searched the "Hong Kong Institute of Public Opinion" responsible for the development of the voting system. Dai claimed that all personal data will be destroyed immediately after the results of the primary election are announced. As of 4 pm on the 12th, Panmin claimed that more than 410,000 people participated in the electronic voting.
Wang Guoxing, a former legislator of the Federation of Trade Unions, criticized on the 12th that the official election nomination was on the 18th, and the pan-popular camp conducted election activities one week in advance. The relevant practices were unfair to other candidates who participated in the elections of the Legislative Council, which completely violated the election laws. . Zhou Haoding, a member of the Legislative Council of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, said that the epidemic has recently recurred, and the "restriction order" has continued to take effect, and the general public has "overwhelmingly engaged in primary elections", resulting in a large number of people gathering, which may increase the risk of transmission and may violate the "restriction order". "Democratic primary elections are full of loopholes," "Dongfang Daily" said on the 12th that on the 11th, citizens voted at the polling stations in Fengde Village and Cile Village, and the results all showed "successful voting", while the Cile Village ticket station worked The lack of verification of the voter’s proof of address and ID card data caused people to question the repeated voting and the identity of the voter, which weakened the credibility of the election results. In fact, on the eve of the primary election, the Democratic Party revealed six major loopholes in the primary voting system, including that voters are unable to know whether they have been pretended to repeat the vote, and the staff at the polling station have the opportunity to use the voter information to vote. The incident caused infighting among the candidates, and Liu Yongkuang, who participated in the New Territories East primary election, questioned that the Democratic Party raised questions on the eve of the primary election and paved the way for not recognizing the results of the primary election.