Checking measures
The Registration and Electoral Office (“REO”) implements checking measures which include:
- Follow-up on the undelivered poll cards and electoral mails;
- Verification of electors’ registered addresses with Housing Department, Hong Kong Housing Society and Home Affairs Department;
- Verification of electors’ status of Hong Kong permanent resident with Immigration Department;
- Checks on multiple electors or multiple surnames of electors registered with the same residential address;
- Sample checks on existing electors;
- Checks on addresses with incomplete information or suspected non-residential addresses; and
- Checks on addresses situated at buildings already demolished or vacant buildings to be demolished.
After implementing or following up with the checking measures, the REO issues inquiry letters in accordance with the relevant electoral law to the electors whom it has reasonable grounds to suspect that their registered addressed may no longer be their only or principal residence or they are not eligible to be registered as an elector.