Candidate No. 1 for the mayor of Wanya Village, Huatan Township, Changhua County, Liangqiao Village. There was a ballot circle stamped on the photo of Liangqiao Village in the voting office. Schematic diagram, the picture is taken from the election almanac)

[Reporter Chen Guanbei/Changhua Report] In the 2022 nine-in-one general election, the competition for the village head of Wanya Village, Huatan Township, Changhua County was fierce. The result of the on-site counting of votes was that the candidate Luo Yinjun narrowly defeated the former village head Liangqiao Village with 293 votes. The difference between the two sides was only one vote. Afterwards, Liangqiao Village filed a lawsuit of invalid election. During the trial, the judge re-inspected the invalid ballot and found that there was a stamp on the photo of Liangqiao Village. He believed that it should be a valid vote, and finally ruled that both of them had 294 votes. Luo Yinjun Elected invalid.

The Changhua County Election Committee stated that if the two votes are the same, they will be elected by lottery.

It is understood that the 81-year-old Liangqiao Village is seeking to defend the title of the village head of Wanya Village for 8 consecutive times. The 44-year-old Luo Yinjun is running for the village head for the first time. In addition to the votes for the nine-in-one general election, there is also a "referendum referendum on constitutional amendments" (18-year-old citizenship amendment). In the end, Liangqiao Village won 293 votes, winning 292 votes from Luo Yinjun, but there were There are 12 invalid tickets.

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The verdict pointed out that at that time, the relatives and friends of Liangqiao Village believed that Liang had been elected, but people from the Luo Yinjun camp pointed out that the total number of 598 votes issued by the village head did not match the total number of 599 votes, and the number of votes was one less. According to the regulations of the Election Committee, "the ballots that cast wrong ballots in the same polling station are still valid votes", it was found in the ballot paper that a ballot for the village head was white as the referendum ballot. The two parties got the same votes; the chief administrator changed one of the invalid votes into a valid vote for Luo Yinjun, and finally announced that Luo Yinjun narrowly beat Liangqiao Village's 293 votes with 294 votes.

However, after the event, the Liang camp believed that the staff of the on-site voting counting station seized the valid votes from the public ballot stack and the invalid votes, which had affected the accuracy of the election results. This case was selected as an invalid lawsuit.

The Liang camp argued that after counting the ballots, the ballot counting station repeated the act of taking votes from the "invalid ticket pile" and recording them. No one at the scene explained that it violated the billing operation procedures. Although the public area in the middle of the human column is biased towards Luo Yinjun, it does not enter the line of the column, so it should be considered invalid. At the same time, it is pointed out that another disputed ticket, which is stamped on the photo of Liangqiao Village, should be a valid ticket Etc.

Changhua District Court heard the case. The judge checked the votes and found that the disputed votes of Luo Yinjun and Liangqiao Village were all valid votes, so both of them got 294 votes. According to Article 67, Item 1 of the Election and Strike Law, the candidates had the same number of votes At that time, it was decided by lottery, and the defendant's request that Luo Yinjun's election be invalid should be allowed.

The judge also believes that the remaining attacks and defense methods of both parties and the evidence and claims submitted will not affect the verdict, and there is no need for further debate.

"Definitely appeal!", Luo Yinjun said, wondering why the disputed ballots were not sent back to the Central Election Committee for approval, and will appeal to the end;

The Election Committee of Changhua County stated that after the parties filed a lawsuit in this case, the ballots were sent to the court for the judge to verify the ballots. Therefore, the ballots will not be sent to the Central Election Committee for verification. No attention has been paid to the determination of invalid votes, but the actual situation respects the judge's interpretation. In the end, if the original judgment is upheld after the second instance, the dismissal will be handled first, and then the local office will draw lots to determine the candidate for the village chief.

In the 2014 election for the head of Chaoyang Village, Xizhou Township, Changhua County, and Wenhua Village, Ershui Township, there were two candidates who had the same number of votes, and they both went through lottery to determine the village head.