If you have questions about applications for registration as an individual or a corporate elector for a Functional Constituency and/or as an individual or a coporate voter for an Election Committee Subsector, please click here.
Q1: Who can register?
Q2: Why should I register?
Q3: How do I register?
Q4: I have filled out an application form several years ago. Do I have to register again?
Q5: I only turn 18 at the end of July 2008 but the registration deadline is 16 May. Could I register as an elector now?
Q6: I shall move to a new flat in mid-June2008, should I report my new home address to the Registration and Electoral Office now?
Q7: I am a new arrival from the mainland. Do I have the right to register as an elector?
Q8: How do I know that my records are correctly entered on the register of electors?
Q9: Does it mean that I cannot register as an elector after the deadline of 16 May?
Q10: Can functional constituency electors also register now?
Q11. Can Election Committee subsector voters also register now?
Q12: Are there any safeguards against possible abuse of my personal data?
Q13: Which department should I approach for help if I have more questions?
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| Q1: Who can register? |
| A1: If you are a Hong Kong
permanent resident aged 18 or above, and ordinarily
reside in Hong Kong, you are eligible to sign
up as geographical constituency elector. |
| Q2: Why should I register? |
A2: Only after you have registered as an elector can you exercise your right to vote in the Legislative Council and District Council elections. It is your right to elect your representative to sit on these bodies. If you are eligible to vote in the Election Committee subsector elections, you also need to register as a voter before you can vote at the elections. |
| Q3: How do I register? |
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A3: You can register as a geographical constituency elector by one of the following means:
* Online via the Voter Registration Application on GovHK if you have a valid
digital certificate issued by Hong Kong
Post; or
* By filling out an application form which is obtainable:
- by downloading
from this website;
- by fax (call the hotline 2891 1001) and
- at District Offices, management offices of public housing estates and the Registration and Electoral Office.
Addresses of the Registration and Electoral Office:
10/ F Harbour Centre
25 Harbour Road
Wan Chai
Hong Kong
10/ F Guardian House
32 Oi Kwan Road
Wan Chai
Hong Kong
Fax: 2891 1180
To register as a
functional constituency elector and an Election
Committee subsector voter, please click
here. |
| Q4: I have filled out an application form several years ago. Do I have to register again? |
A4: If you have signed
up as an elector before, you are not required
to register again. You may call the Registration
and Electoral Office hotline at 2891 1001
to check whether your records on the register
are correct or not.
For electors with inaccurate registration
particulars, their eligibility to vote may
be affected. Please report to the Registration
and Electoral Office (REO) any change in
your address or other registration particulars,
so that the REO can update your records. |
| Q5: I only turn 18 at the end of July 2008 but the registration deadline is 16 May. Could I register as an elector now? |
| A5: If you reach 18 years of age on or before 25 July 2008 when the final register for 2008 is published, and if you are a Hong Kong permanent resident, you are eligible to register as an elector now. |
| Q6: I shall move to a new flat in mid-June2008, should I report my new home address to the Registration and Electoral Office now? |
| A6: You should inform the Registration and Electoral Office of your new home address in writing or via the Voter Registration Application on GovHK immediately after you have moved home. Your new address will be reflected in the final register for 2008 if the Registration and Electoral Office is informed of it on or before 30 June 2008. |
| Q7: I
am a new arrival from the mainland. Do I have
the right to register as an elector? |
| A7: All Hong Kong permanent residents aged 18 or above who ordinarily reside in Hong Kong may apply for registration as an elector. |
| Q8: How do I know that my records are correctly entered on the register of electors? |
| A8: A provisional register of electors will be published for public inspection free of charge from 16 to 30 June 2008. Registered electors can check within this period whether their personal particulars are correctly recorded in the register of electors or not. Members of the public may raise objections, make claims or request for corrections regarding any entry on the register by filling out a specified form. Completed forms should reach the Registration and Electoral Office not later than 30 June 2008. |
| Q9: Does it mean that I cannot register as an elector after the deadline of 16 May? |
| A9: Eligible electors may hand in a voter registration form at any time of the year. But they should do so before the statutory deadline of 16 May 2008 if they wish to have their names included in the register of electors to be published in 2008. If they do it after the deadline, their names could only be recorded in the register of electors to be published in the subsequent year. |
| Q10: Can functional constituency electors also register now? |
| A10: Persons who are eligible to be registered for the functional constituency can also register now. If they hand in their application forms on or before 16 May 2008, their names will be recorded in the final register of electors for functional constituencies to be published in 2008. |
Q11. Can Election Committee subsector voters also register now? |
| A11. Persons who are eligible to be registered as voters for the Election Committee subsectors can also register now. If they hand in their registration forms on or before 16 May 2008, their names will be recorded in the final register of the Election Committee subsectors to be published in 2008. Voters on the final register can cast their votes in the Election Committee subsector elections. |
| Q12: Are there any safeguards against possible abuse of my personal data? |
| A12: You are rest assured that information provided by an elector will only be used for election purposes. The Registration and Electoral Office has adopted every possible means to ensure that such data will not be misused. Registers that are published for public inspection contain only the name and residential address of registered persons but not their identity card number or sex. Using any information on a register for a non-election related purpose is an offence under the current electoral law, with a maximum fine of $5,000 and imprisonment for six months. |
| Q13: Which department should I approach for help if I have more questions? |
| A13: You are welcome to call the Registration and Electoral Office hotline at 2891 1001 for more information. |
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