Background
In March 2024, Kuomintang (KMT) legislator Weng Hsiao-ling proposed amendments to the Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act (總統副總統選舉罷免法) to establish a two-round system for the 2028 presidential election. Democratic Progressive Party lawmakers Michelle Lin and Rosalia Wu claimed that Weng's amendments were unconstitutional, and Weng's KMT colleague Lai Shyh-bao expressed concerns about the cost of a two-round vote. [1] In September 2025, Weng, Lo Chih-chiang, Yeh Yuan-chih, and Wu Tsung-hsien [ zh ] announced that they planned to propose constitutional and legal amendments in the upcoming Legislative Yuan session related to the two-round system. [2] The following month, Weng proposed that Article 62 of the Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act be amended to require a presidential ticket win a majority of votes cast and twenty percent of the eligible electorate. If the benchmark is not met in the first round, the vote progresses to a second round, where the pair of running mates with the most votes is declared the victor. [3] Lo began organizing a signature drive and petition to amend the Additional Articles of the Constitution in a similar fashion. [4]
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