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Taiwan, Central Election Commission, Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act (as amended on 2023-06-09); accessed 4 February 2024

Article 12. A person having the right of suffrage as referred to in the preceding article, who meets any of the following conditions, is an elector:

1.He/she has been living in the free regions of the ROC for not less than six consecutive months.

2.He/she has once lived in the free regions of the ROC for not less than six consecutive months, and is now living in a foreign country holding the passport of the ROC, and has within the specified time limit handled the registration of elector with the government agency of household registration at the location of the original domicile when he/she migrated to the foreign country.

Regulations governing registration and examination of the ROC citizens who live in a foreign country and apply for returning to execute their rights of suffrage as referred to in Subparagraph 2 of the preceding paragraph shall be prescribed otherwhere by the Central Election Commission jointly with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission.

Article 13. An elector shall vote at the polling station at the location of domicile unless otherwise prescribed.

An elector who returns from a foreign country to execute the right of suffrage shall vote at the polling station at the location of the original domicile when he/she migrated to the foreign country. […]

Taiwan, Central Election Commission, Characteristics of Taiwan Elections, accessed 4 February 2024

3. Absentee Voting not implemented

Electors must vote in person at their city or county of residence’s polling booth on Election Day. Absentee voting is not implemented in Taiwan.