Q1. Who can register?
Q2. Why should I register?
Q3. How do I register as an elector?
Q4. If I am a registered elector, how do I report change of my registration particulars, such as registered address, name, email address and contact phone number?
Q5. Are there any deadlines for new voter registration and change of registration particulars?
Q6. Do I need to use different application forms for new voter registration and report on change of particulars?
Q7. I have filled out an application form several years ago. Do I have to register again?
Q8. I only turn 18 at the end of September 2022 but the registration deadline is 2 June. Could I register as an elector now?
Q9. I shall move to a new flat in mid-March2022, should I report my new home address to the Registration and Electoral Office now?
Q10. What kinds of documents are accepted as address proofs?
Q11. If I cannot provide documents with my name and residential address as the address proof, what alternative documents may I submit to serve as valid address proof?
Q12. If my new home is a flat in public rental housing under the Housing Department or subsidised housing under the Hong Kong Housing Society, can I be exempted from the address proof requirement when I apply for new voter registration or change of address?
Q13. If I know someone provides false information for voter registration, how do I inform the governmental departments?
Q14. If someone provides a false residential address to the Registration and Electoral Office for voter registration, or provides a fraudulent address proof document when applying for new voter registration or change of registered address, and subsequently votes at an election, which law will he/she contravene?
Q15. I am a new arrival from the Mainland. Do I have the right to register as an elector?
Q16. How do I know that my records are correctly entered on the register of electors?
Q17. Can functional constituency electors also register now?
Q18. Can Election Committee subsector voters also register now?
Q19. Are there any safeguards against possible abuse of my personal data?
Q20. I have received a SMS/Email from the Registration and Electoral Office stating that my application on change of voter registration particulars has been processed, is such arrangement a new measure?
Q21. Which department should I approach for help if I have more questions?

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A1. If you are a Hong Kong permanent resident aged 18 or above, and ordinarily reside in Hong Kong, you are eligible to sign up as a geographical constituency elector.

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A2. Only after you have registered as an elector can you exercise your right to vote in the Legislative Council and District Council elections. It is your right to elect your representative to sit on these bodies. If you are eligible to vote in the Election Committee subsector elections, you also need to register as a voter before you can vote at the elections.

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A3. If you are not a registered elector and you wish to be registered in a geographical constituency, you must complete the application form “Application for New Registration / Report on Change of Particulars by an Elector in a Geographical Constituency” (REO-GC).

Notes: In accordance with the relevant legislative requirement, starting from 1 May 2022, applications for new voter registration must be supported with address proof. You may refer to A10 to A11 for acceptable types of address proof.

	You can obtain the “Application for New Registration / Report on Change of Particulars by an Elector in a Geographical Constituency” (REO-GC) by the following ways-
	- by downloading from the website of the Registration and Electoral Office; - by fax through calling the hotline on 2891 1001; and - at District Offices, management offices of public housing estates and the Registration and Electoral Office. Addresses of the Registration and Electoral Office: 8/F Treasury Building 3 Tonkin Street West Cheung Sha Wan Kowloon 13/F Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre 1 Trademart Drive Kowloon Bay Kowloon
	After completing and signing the application form, you may submit the form, together with an address proof issued within the last three months, by post, fax (fax number: 2891 1180) or email (email address: form@reo.gov.hk) to the Registration and Electoral Office; or upload the form (and address proof where applicable) at the Registration and Electoral Office Online Upload Platform (www.reo-form.gov.hk)
	Online application via the Voter Registration Application on GovHK： if you have a valid digital certificate issued by Hongkong Post or Digi-Sign Certification Services Limited (please click here for details).

To register as a functional constituency elector and an Election Committee subsector voter, please click here。

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A4. If you are a registered elector and you wish to report change of registration particulars, you must complete the application form “Application for New Registration / Report on Change of Particulars by an Elector in a Geographical Constituency” (REO-GC).

Notes: In accordance with the relevant legislative requirement, applications for change of registered address must be supported with address proof. You may refer to A10 to A11 for acceptable types of address proof.

	You can obtain the “Application for New Registration / Report on Change of Particulars by an Elector in a Geographical Constituency” (REO-GC) by the following ways-
	- by downloading from the website of the Registration and Electoral Office; - by fax through calling the hotline on 2891 1001; and - at District Offices, management offices of public housing estates and the Registration and Electoral Office. Addresses of the Registration and Electoral Office: 8/F Treasury Building 3 Tonkin Street West Cheung Sha Wan Kowloon 13/F Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre 1 Trademart Drive Kowloon Bay Kowloon
	After completing and signing the application form, you may submit the form, together with an address proof issued within the last three months, by post, fax (fax number: 2891 1180) or email (email address: form@reo.gov.hk) to the Registration and Electoral Office; or upload the form (and address proof where applicable) at the Registration and Electoral Office Online Upload Platform (www.reo-form.gov.hk)
	Online application via the Voter Registration Application on GovHK： if you have a valid digital certificate issued by Hongkong Post or Digi-Sign Certification Services Limited (please click here for details).

Apart from the above, if you are a registered elector and you wish to provide/update your email address to facilitate the receipt of election mail related to electioneering activities from candidates, you may provide the relevant information to the Registration and Electoral Office via our Website (http://www.osp.reo.gov.hk/index_e.html) or by email (email address: reoenq@reo.gov.hk).

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A5. Eligible residents/ registered electors may submit "Application for New Registration / Report on Change of Particulars by an Elector in a Geographical Constituency" (REO-GC) at any time of the year. However, should they wish to have their registration processed/ particulars updated in the register of electors to be published in the same cycle, they should submit the application forms to this Office on or before the statutory deadline. listed below:

	New Voter Registration:	2 June
	Report on Change of Particulars by an Elector:	2 June

If the application forms are submitted after the statutory deadlines, the names and residential addresses of the relevant electors could only be recorded/ updated in the register of electors to be published in the subsequent voter registration cycle.

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A6. Members of public should use the “Application for New Registration / Report on Change of Particulars by an Elector in a Geographical Constituency” (REO-GC) for both application for new voter registration and report on change of particulars.

You may log in to the Online Voter Information Enquiry System (www.voterinfo.gov.hk) or call the Registration and Electoral Office hotline at 2891 1001 to check whether you are a registered elector, or whether your registration particulars are correct or not.

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A7. If you have signed up as an elector before, you are not required to register again. You may log in to the Online Voter Information Enquiry System ( www.voterinfo.gov.hk) or call the Registration and Electoral Office hotline at 2891 1001 to check whether your registration particulars are correct or not.
For electors with inaccurate registration particulars, their registration status and eligibility to vote may be affected. Please report immediately to the REO any change in your registration particulars especially residential address, so that the REO can update your records.

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A8. If you reach 18 years of age on or before 25 September 2022 when the final register for 2022 is published, and if you are a Hong Kong permanent resident, you are eligible to register as an elector now.

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A9. You should complete the “Application for New Registration / Report on Change of Particulars by an Elector in a Geographical Constituency” (REO-GC) and submit the signed and completed form, together with an address proof issued within the last three months, to the Registration and Electoral Office after you have moved home. Your new address will be reflected in the Final Register for 2022 if the Registration and Electoral Office receives your application on or before the statutory deadline for applications for change of registration particulars of this voter registration cycle.

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A10. The Registration and Electoral Office accepts the documents below issued within the last three months (date of receipt by the Registration and Electoral Office will be adopted as the form submission date), which bear the issuing date and name of issuing organisation as a valid proof of address. The relevant documents must also bear the elector’s name and principal residential address (name and address printed on the document should be identical to those given in the application form):

bills or invoices issued by public bodies (e.g. utility bills for water, electricity or towngas services); correspondences from government departments or the Judiciary; statements or correspondences issued by banks, insurance companies or Mandatory Provident Fund Approved Trustees; bills of landline telephone, mobile phone, paid television or internet services; documents or bills issued by local post-secondary institutions which reliance can be placed on confirming the elector’s residential address; valid and "stamped" (for stamp duty) tenancy agreement (the criterion of being issued within 3 months before the date of submitting the application is not mandatory but such tenancy should cover the date of application); or bills, correspondences or other documents issued by public organisations such as the Hospital Authority, Housing Department, Hong Kong Housing Society, Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority, etc.

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A11. Apart from the elector’s own address proof, the Registration and Electoral Office also accepts the documents below issued within the last three months (date of receipt by the Registration and Electoral Office will be adopted as the form submission date), which bear the issuing date and name of issuing organisation as valid proof of address:

An address proof which bears the name and residential address of the person residing with the elector, and a declaration signed by the elector to confirm that such other person is living with the elector at the same address above and that the attached address proof is a complete authentic copy or true copy of the original. Sample of the declaration can be downloaded from the website of the Registration and Electoral Office ( http://www.reo.gov.hk/en/voter/ap.htm).

If the elector is not able to produce any documents listed above, the Registration and Electoral Office also accepts a statutory declaration provided by the elector made before a Commissioner for Oaths/a practising solicitor/a Justice of the Peace to substantiate the claim of residing at the address by virtue of the Oaths and Declarations Ordinance (Cap.11). Sample of the statutory declarations can be downloaded from the website of the Registration and Electoral Office ( http://www.reo.gov.hk/en/voter/ap.htm).

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A12. For electors/applicants who are the authorised occupants of public rental housing under the Housing Department or registered residents in the tenancy of subsidised housing under the Hong Kong Housing Society applying for change of registered address/voter registration, and that the addresses in the tenancy records match the residential addresses provided by him/her, address proof requirement for such persons may be exempted.

However, residents of housing units under the Home Ownership Scheme or public housing units which have been sold (e.g. flats under the Tenants Purchase Scheme) fall outside the scope of exemption and the persons concerned should provide valid address proofs accordingly.

For cases where the Electoral Registration Officer cannot cross check his/her particulars in the data matching with concerned department/organisation, the Electoral Registration Officer may request him/her to provide address proof when applying for new voter registration or change of registered address under section 4 and 10A of the Electoral Affairs Commission (Registration of Electors)(Legislative Council Geographical Constituencies)(District Council Geographical Constituencies) Regulation (Cap. 541A).

Notes: The address proof requirement for new voter registration will be implemented with effect from 1 May 2022.

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A13. The existing arrangement of voter registration hinges on a mechanism of honest submission to achieve facilitating persons to register. Eligible persons for registration or registered electors should provide true and accurate information in making registration or reporting change of registration particulars. If the public members come across suspicious cases, they may lodge complaints to the Registration and Electoral Office which will follow up promptly and refer the cases to the law enforcement agencies for investigation as appropriate. The general public should not contravene the laws.

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A14. A person who knowingly or recklessly makes false or misleading information (e.g. false residential address) to the Registration and Electoral Office, notwithstanding whether that person votes at an election or not, commits an offence under the law. If the person subsequently votes at an election, he/she will breach section 16 of the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (Cap. 554), which is enforced by the Independent Commission Against Corruption. The maximum penalty is a fine of $500,000 and imprisonment for 7 years.

Besides, if an elector produces or provides a fraudulent address proof with an intention that the Electoral Registration Officer shall accept it as a valid proof of address, he/she has committed the offence of forgery. In accordance with section 71 of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200), a person who commits the offence of forgery is liable for conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 14 years.

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A15. All Hong Kong permanent residents aged 18 or above who ordinarily reside in Hong Kong may apply for registration as an elector.

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A16. You may check your latest registration particulars through the Online Voter Information Enquiry System (www.voterinfo.gov.hk) or call the Registration and Electoral Office hotline at 2891 1001.

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A17. Persons who are eligible to be registered for the functional constituencies can also register now. If they hand in their application forms on or before 2 June 2022, their names will be recorded in the final register of electors for functional constituencies to be published in September 2022. If they do it after the deadline, their names could only be recorded in the register of electors to be published in the subsequent year.

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A18. Persons who are eligible to be registered as voters for the Election Committee subsectors can also register now. If they hand in their registration forms on or before 2 June 2022, their names will be recorded in the final register of voters for the Election Committee subsectors to be published in September 2022. If they do it after the deadline, their names could only be recorded in the register of voters to be published in the subsequent year.

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A19. You are rest assured that information provided by an elector will only be used for voter registration and election related purposes. The Registration and Electoral Office has adopted every possible means to ensure that such data will not be misused. Registers that are published for public inspection contain only the name and residential address of registered persons but not their identity card number or sex. Using any information on a register for a purpose other than a purpose related to an election is an offence under the current electoral law, and is liable to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

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A20. In addition to sending registration notices after completion of processing the application for change of registration particulars, the Registration and Electoral Office will notify electors by SMS/Email (if the elector has provided such information) that their registration particulars have been updated. Electors may also log on to our office's "Online Voter Information Enquiry System" via www.voterinfo.gov.hk to check their own record.

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A21. For enquiries, you are welcome to call the Registration and Electoral Office hotline at 2891 1001 for more information.

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