This is counting ballots, not banknotes. The District Office uses a banknote counting machine to count them, and it has to be counted manually.

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[Reporter Hong Ruiqin/Tainan Report] During the countdown of election voting, election affairs in various districts are being tightened. In Tainan City, there are elections for mayors, city councilors, district chiefs and local public officials. The total number exceeds 6.17 million. Today (24th) all district offices mobilized to carry out the "super task" of counting, without leaking or sloppy.

There are 5 candidates for the mayoral election in Tainan, 106 candidates for the 13 congressional electoral districts (including plain and mountain aborigines), and 1,138 candidates for village chief in the 37 districts of the city.

There are 1,548,203 electors for mayor, 1,543,218 for councilors, 1,551,209 for referendum votes, and 1,535,760 for mayoral elections.

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According to statistics from the Nanshi Election Committee, the total number of votes was 6,178,390, which were packaged by the printing factory and shipped directly to the election centers of the districts yesterday.

Election officials in various districts were trembling and "too busy to handle", and some people described it as "counting votes is not as important as counting money, but it is a thousand times more important."

The Nanshi Election Commission stated that since the election on November 26th, the regulations on wearing masks have not been lifted, and voters are urged to wear masks when entering the polling station. At the same time, don’t forget to bring their national ID cards, seals and voting notices to the designated polls Vote and actively participate in democratic elections.

The Nanshi Election Committee also reminded that according to the current regulations, people diagnosed with Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) must be quarantined for 5 days, that is, people diagnosed from November 21 will not be able to go out because they cannot go out. Go out to vote on the 26th, and offenders will be fined up to 2 million yuan.

The Central and Western District Office mobilized to count ballots.

(Photo by reporter Hong Ruiqin)

The district office unpacks the ballots for counting.

(Photo by reporter Hong Ruiqin)