tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post4240054663050439065..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Referendum Reforms Finally passedMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-14316743940288889122017-12-24T22:10:32.959+08:002017-12-24T22:10:32.959+08:00Probably can alter the law via referendum. Or leg...Probably can alter the law via referendum. Or legislature. This isn't permanent.Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-856470150528870112017-12-21T06:54:35.636+08:002017-12-21T06:54:35.636+08:00Can a referendum be used to alter the referendum l...Can a referendum be used to alter the referendum law?<br /><br />Does it explicitly rule out changing the flag, or only changing the part of the ROC Constitution that covers the flag? (The Constitution describes the flag very vaguely, most of the details--which demand that the sun look like the KMT symbol--come from the Flag Law, not the Constitution.)<br /><br />I don't understand what the second stage is for. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-53834554678987200652017-12-20T19:15:20.527+08:002017-12-20T19:15:20.527+08:00Can the referendum be used to change the referendu...Can the referendum be used to change the referendum law?<br /><br />What does the text specifically say about changes to the flag? There's the flag design as mentioned in the ROC Constitution (white sun, blue sky, red field), and then there's the Flag Law (which specifies the actual design and dimensions). Are both of these protected?<br /><br />What is this second stage of the referendum process?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-16922525941261381282017-12-19T18:52:19.070+08:002017-12-19T18:52:19.070+08:00Oh yeah no I totally get it, I just also think the...Oh yeah no I totally get it, I just also think these problems, which cause the DPP to not support absentee voting, have the inadvertent effect of screwing them in the backdoor. Ahem. <br /><br />I also wonder if the KMT cared about absentee voting, why didn't they make it happen back when they had power? Jenna Lynn Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-15859252131223957292017-12-19T18:47:07.005+08:002017-12-19T18:47:07.005+08:00...and Indonesian labels below....and Indonesian labels below.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-13336493901782445012017-12-19T16:09:44.790+08:002017-12-19T16:09:44.790+08:00Yes, but i think it is fear of the china vote, and...Yes, but i think it is fear of the china vote, and ballot stuffing in general. And the general weirdness... Imagine how confused things would get with parents voting for children, company officials collecting chops and then voting for all their employees....Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-80091967244228479782017-12-19T14:19:39.838+08:002017-12-19T14:19:39.838+08:00On the other hand, a lack of absentee ballot optio...On the other hand, a lack of absentee ballot options benefits the KMT in that DPP southerners working in the north are less likely to take crowded and often sold-out trains back to vote, and there are more of them than northerners in the south. <br /><br />I think in theory one can register where one actually lives, but for a variety of reasons few do. Jenna Lynn Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-28366193961797344182017-12-19T14:16:55.735+08:002017-12-19T14:16:55.735+08:00On the other hand, the KMT consistently benefits f...On the other hand, the KMT consistently benefits from the DPP’s southern supporters working in northern Taiwan (more of them here than northerners in the south) deciding not to take crowded and often sold-out trains home to vote and not being able to vote absentee (I think in theory they can register where they live. In practice few do for a number of reasons).Jenna Lynn Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.com