What forms of checks are undertaken to verify signatures?

Taiwan

Taiwan

Answer
All signatures are checked
Source

Report of the TaiwanFoundation for Democracy Grant,

Direct Democracy in Asia: A Reference Guide to theLegislation and Practice, Page 110:

 

http://www.tfd.org.tw/iri-asia/cms_file.php?id=99

 

For the recall of President orVice-president, no signatures by electors are require to start the formaldecision making stage of a recall. Recall process is proposed and initiated bythe Legislative Yuan.

Comment

For citizen initiatives’ process, the signature sheet obtainedwould be submitted to the election commission. There the election commissionwould examine the signatures and have the household registration organization verify the signatures.

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