Hong Kong elections: debate over proposal to allow voting in mainland China, with critics raising fears of fraud, lack of scrutiny

If postponing the Legislative Council elections slated for September 6 was not controversial enough, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor followed up by suggesting a revamp of electoral arrangements. It included allowing Hongkongers based on the mainland to vote in Guangdong province, without having to return to the city.The resurgence of Covid-19 cases provided Lam the reason to delay the elections by a year. She said on August 8 that going ahead would have made it hard for voters…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3096575/hong-kong-elections-debate-over-proposal-allow-voting