• Election Date
• Who can vote?
• Why vote?
• Voting system
• How to vote?
• Where to vote?
• Checklist for Electors
• Number of Electors by Constituency

Election Date

• 23 November, 2003 (Sunday)
  7:30am - 10:30pm

• All Hong Kong permanent residents aged 18 or above who are ordinarily residing in Hong Kong are eligible to register as voters.

• A total of 2.97 million registered electors whose names have been included in the 2003 Final Register of Electors for Geographical Constituencies published in September 2003 may cast their vote in the November election.

• To elect a District Council member who can represent your interests and advise the Government on district affairs.

• To exercise your civil rights and fulfil your civic responsibilities.

• The District Council Election adopts the first-past-the post voting system. Each elector shall vote for only one candidate in the constituency concerned. The candidate who receives the largest number of votes will be elected.

• Bring your HKID card to your designated polling station on 23 November 2003 (Sunday) during polling hours.

• Present your HKID card to the polling staff inside the polling station who will verify your information in the electoral roll.

• You will be given a ballot paper, a writing board together with a chop bearing a
  "".

• Inside the polling booth, affix the chop on the ballot paper in the circle next to the name of the candidate of your choice.

• Fold the ballot paper once to conceal the marking before putting it into the ballot box.

	Note :	1.	Vote for ONE candidate only.
		2.	You must use the chop provided. Do NOT use a pen or any other means to mark your ballot paper. This will render your vote invalid.
		3.	If you make any mistake in applying the chop on the ballot paper, please return it to the Presiding Officer and ask for a replacement ballot paper.

• Each elector will be assigned to a designated polling station near his/her residential address registered in the Final Register of Electors.
  
• A poll card showing information about the designated polling station of an individual elector will be issued to the respective electors before the polling day.

	Do not solicit or accept any advantage (including gift, money, etc.) for influencing one's voting decision
	Do not solicit or accept any meal, drink or other entertainment for influencing one's voting decision
	Do not vote in the election knowing that you have provided false information when registering as an elector