No plans for absentee voting for elections in Taiwan: Premier

Opposition parties in Taiwan have been pushing for absentee voting after a presidential election that saw the second lowest turnout in history, but Premier Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) said the government has no plans at present to adopt the practice.

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