Английская Википедия:2018 Taiwanese referendum

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A multi-question referendum was held in Taiwan on 24 November 2018 alongside local elections. The referendum was the first since the December 2017 reform to the Referendum Act, which reduced the threshold for submitting questions to the ballot; under the new system, signatures from 1.5 percent of the electorate (around 280,000 people) were required to successfully put a question on the ballot, reduced from 5 percent previously.

Background

A total of ten questions appeared on the ballot. Under Taiwanese law, for their initiative to be presented to the voters, a total of 280,000 signatures (1.5% of eligible voters) were required for a question to be considered by the Central Election Commission (CEC). Five of the questions reviewed and approved by the CEC were about LGBT rights, LGBT sex education and same-sex marriage. Four other questions on the ballot concerned international games representation, nuclear power, coal power and a ban on imports of agricultural products and food from areas affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The tenth question asked voters to reject Article 95-1 of the Electricity Act, which stipulated that all of the country's nuclear power generating facilities should be decommissioned by 2025. This question had originally been rejected by the CEC, though the commission reversed its decision after being ordered by the Taipei High Administrative Court to accept an additional 24,000 signatures added to the petition.

For a proposal to be approved, at least 25 percent of the eligible voters had to vote in favour of the question.

Same-sex marriage proposals

In February 2018, a Taiwanese conservative Christian group opposed to same-sex marriage (the Alliance for Next Generation's Happiness) proposed holding a referendum on the issue, aiming to overturn a May 2017 ruling by the Constitutional Court that mandated the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Taiwan within two years. The Central Election Commission reviewed and accepted the group's proposals in April 2018. Two of their approved questions were related to same-sex marriage; one on whether marriage should be limited to a bond between a man and a woman and one on whether there should be a special law to protect same-sex couples' right to a "permanent union" (effectively introducing civil unions). A third question will ask voters whether to prevent the implementation of laws mandating the inclusion of information about homosexuality in sexual education classes at schools.

In September 2018, a group in favor of same-sex marriage announced that it had collected enough signatures to submit its own questions to a referendum. The group's questions would require the legislature to amend the Civil Code to expressly allow same-sex couples to marry and also mandated the inclusion of gender diversity in sex education.

Olympics name proposal

The Olympics question proved controversial. While the name Chinese Taipei is seen by many Taiwanese as confusing and even offensive, many voters and athletes worried that insisting on competing under the name Taiwan would lead to the total exclusion of Taiwanese athletes from the Olympics. The proposal was rejected by 54.80% of voters.

Questions and results

The ten questions that appeared on the ballot and final results were:

Number	Result	English translation	Original
7	Шаблон:Yes2	Do you agree “To reduce by 1% year by year” the electricity production from thermal power plants?	Шаблон:Lang
8	Шаблон:Yes2	Do you agree to the establishment of an energy policy to “Stop construction and expansion of any coal-fired thermal power plants or generator units (including the Shen Ao Power Plant currently under construction)”?	Шаблон:Lang
9	Шаблон:Yes2	Do you agree that the government should maintain the prohibition of agricultural imports and food from areas affected by the Fukushima March 11 Disaster? Specifically, those from Fukushima proper and the 4 surrounding districts and cities of Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, and Chiba?	Шаблон:Lang
10	Шаблон:Yes2	Do you agree that marriage defined in the Civil Code should be restricted to the union between one man and one woman?	Шаблон:Lang
11	Шаблон:Yes2	Do you agree that the Ministry of Education should not implement the Enforcement Rules of the Gender Equality Education Act in elementary and middle schools?	Шаблон:Lang
12	Шаблон:Yes2	Do you agree to the protection of the rights of same-sex couples in co-habitation on a permanent basis in ways other than changing of the Civil Code?	Шаблон:Lang
13	Шаблон:No2	Do you agree to the use of “Taiwan” when participating in all international sport competitions, including the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics?	Шаблон:Lang
14	Шаблон:No2	Do you agree to the protection of same-sex marital rights with marriage as defined in the Civil Code?	Шаблон:Lang
15	Шаблон:No2	Do you agree in accordance with the Gender Equality Education Act that national education of all levels should educate students on the importance of gender equality, emotional education, sex education, and same-sex education?	Шаблон:Lang
16	Шаблон:Yes2	Do you agree to repeal Article 95 Paragraph 1 of the Electricity Act: “Should Nuclear-energy-based power generating facilities stop running by 2025”?	Шаблон:Lang

Results

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Results by district/township for the question on ceasing expansion of coal power plants

Referendum results

Question	For		Against		Invalid/ blank	Total	Registered voters	Turnout	Outcome
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Reducing output from thermal power plants	Шаблон:Yes2	Шаблон:Yes2	2,109,157	20.96	715,140	10,780,050	19,757,067	54.56	Шаблон:Yes2
Ceasing expansion of coal power plants	Шаблон:Yes2	Шаблон:Yes2	2,346,316	23.59	823,945	10,769,528		54.51	Шаблон:Yes2
Prohibition of food imports from Fukushima	Шаблон:Yes2	Шаблон:Yes2	2,231,425	22.26	756,041	10,779,322		54.56	Шаблон:Yes2
Restricting marriage under Civil Code to one man and woman	Шаблон:Yes2	Шаблон:Yes2	2,907,429	27.52	459,508	11,024,945		55.80	Шаблон:Yes2
Not implementing homosexual aspect of Gender Equality Education Act	Шаблон:Yes2	Шаблон:Yes2	3,419,624	32.56	507,101	11,010,104		55.73	Шаблон:Yes2
Protecting rights of same-sex couples outside of the Civil Code	Шаблон:Yes2	Шаблон:Yes2	4,072,471	38.88	540,757	11,014,976		55.75	Шаблон:Yes2
Apply to competing in international sports as "Taiwan" at Olympics and other sporting event	4,763,086	45.20	Шаблон:No2	Шаблон:No2	505,153	11,042,795		55.89	Шаблон:No2
Protection of same-sex marital rights	3,382,286	32.74	Шаблон:No2	Шаблон:No2	608,484	10,940,467		55.37	Шаблон:No2
Implementing the Gender Equality Education Act	3,507,665	34.01	Шаблон:No2	Шаблон:No2	619,001	10,931,837		55.33	Шаблон:No2
Repealing the planned end of nuclear power stations	Шаблон:Yes2	Шаблон:Yes2	4,014,215	40.51	922,960	10,832,735		54.83	Шаблон:Yes2

External links

• Equal Love Taiwan