The 2025 provisional register and omissions list for Election Committee subsectors (ECSSs) were released today (June 24). The Registration and Electoral Office (REO) appeals to ECSS voters to check their registration status through "iAM Smart" or the Voter Registration website (vr.gov.hk) on or before June 30.

     A spokesman for the REO said, "The Electoral Registration Officer has previously, in accordance with the new section 14(1AB) of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569), specified June 24, 2025, as the publication date of the provisional register; and July 21, 2025, as the publication date of the final register for the ECSSs of this year."
 
Compilation of provisional register and omissions list of ECSSs
 
     The 2025 provisional register of ECSSs contains about 8 900 registered voters, including newly registered voters, voters with a change in the ECSS registered, and voters entered on the omissions list due to death or as a result of other inquiry processes, etc. Related statistical information has been uploaded to the Voter Registration website (vr.gov.hk).

     "The REO has earlier mailed to the relevant voters to confirm their new registration or change of registration particulars. Those who have provided mobile phone numbers or email addresses would have received related messages. All SMS messages issued by the REO will start with the prefix '#REO' in the sender ID for identification," the spokesman said.
 
Prompt reply to reminding letters if requested
 
     Voters who have been included in the omissions list for ECSSs will receive reminding letters from the REO to confirm their eligibility. The envelopes of the reminding letters are beige in colour with a message, "Immediate action required. Your voting right is at stake" printed in red. Recipients must reply or provide supplementary information on or before the statutory deadline of June 30 by email, post or fax; or by using a mobile device to scan the QR code on the reply slip to log on to the webpage (www.reo-form.gov.hk) and upload the required information to the REO e-Form Upload Platform so that they may, upon the Revising Officer's approval, keep their voter status and be included in the final register of ECSSs. In addition, the REO will contact individual voters on the omissions list by phone to remind them to confirm their eligibility as soon as possible. For any enquiries, voters may call the REO's hotline (2891 1001) during office hours by June 30.
 
Lodging statutory claims and objections
 
     Any voters who have been included in the omissions list; any individuals/bodies who have applied for registration but no such record is found in the provisional register; or any registered voters with incorrect particulars recorded in the provisional register, or anyone who considers an individual/body in the provisional register not eligible to be so registered may lodge a claim or an objection in person with the REO by the statutory deadline of June 30. The Revising Officer will, according to law, consider the evidence provided by the applicant and make a ruling.
 
     The specified forms for lodging claims and objections can be downloaded from the REO webpage www.reo.gov.hk/en/voter/appeal.html or obtained from the two offices of the REO (8/F, Treasury Building, 3 Tonkin Street West, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, and 29/F, Standard Chartered Tower, Millennium City 1, 388 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon) or the Home Affairs Enquiry Centres of respective District Offices. Information on the claims and objections will be uploaded to the same webpage before the day of the hearing for reference by members of the public.
 
Arrangements for inspection of provisional register of voters and omissions list
 
     Notices on the inspection of the provisional register of voters and omissions list were gazetted for promulgation today. The inspection period will last until June 30. According to the law, a copy of the provisional register and omissions list containing entries relating to individual voters may only be shown in accordance with the statutory requirements, and made available for inspection by specified persons only. A copy of the provisional register and omissions list containing only entries of corporate voters (i.e. without entries relating to individual voters) may be inspected by any member of the public. For the arrangements regarding the inspection of the register, please refer to www.reo.gov.hk/en/voter/checkvrstatus/registers.html.

     The REO will publish the final register of voters for ECSSs of this year on July 21.

Ends/Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Issued at HKT 9:25

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