Taiwan: Keelung City Mayor recall survives recall vote

Keelung City Mayor Hsieh Kuo-liang (KMT) survived the recall vote with 44.8%-55.1% of voters casting ballots against a recall. Turnout was high, with 156,776 our of 310,797 coming out to vote. 

Kuo-liang is facing criticism over a scandal involving a commercial property at the harbor, and claims that he did this to benefit the family of his ex-girlfriend. 

The strategy is different than most Taiwan recalls. Taiwan currently has a "absentee veto" requirement (25% must turnout for the recall to count). Frequently, the elected officials supporters will simply not go out to vote, thereby depriving them of meeting the requirement. The KMT is looking to change the law to add a "queen of the hill" provision, which requires the pro-recall vote to top the amount of signatures received in the official's original election. From the way the article is written, it could be that such a change was made, but I haven't seen such a change.