MACAO - The Electoral Affairs Commission for the Chief Executive Election of the Macao Special Administrative Region on Friday announced the schedule for the 2024 election of the Chief Executive Election Committee members.

Based on the schedule, legal persons eligible to vote may register as candidates for the election committee from June 18 to July 2, and the list of committee members will be announced on Aug 19.

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The date of the chief executive election will be announced at the current ehief executive's instruction, according to the electoral affairs commission.

Song Man-lei, the commission's president, noted that the election of committee members will use electronic voting this year, expecting higher efficiency in the election procedure.

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The Macao SAR gazette published earlier this month carried an administrative order by Chief Executive of the SAR Ho Iat-seng, setting Aug 11 as the election day for members of the chief executive election committee.