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2008 Taiwanese transitional justice referendum

Field	Value
name	Nationwide referendum proposal 3
title	你是否同意依下列原則制定「政黨不當取得財產處理條例」，將中國國民黨黨產還給全民：國民黨及其附隨組織的財產，除黨費、政治獻金及競選補助金外，均推定為不當取得的財產，應還給人民。已處分者，應償還價額。
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location	Taiwan
date	12 January 2008
yes	3891170
no	363494
total	4550881
electorate	17277720

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Two referendums were held in Taiwan on 12 January 2008, alongside legislative elections. One (officially numbered as Question 3) concerned transitional justice and the treatment of contentious properties acquired by the Kuomintang, whilst a counter-referendum (Question 4) was initiated by the Kuomintang on alleged corruption in politics.

Although a majority of voters voted in favour of both proposals, voter turnout was only 26%, well below the 50% required to make the results valid. The legislative elections had a turnout of around 58%.

Questions

Proposal 3

This question was officially championed by former premier Yu Shyi-kun.

Proposal 4

This question was officially championed by former finance minister Wang Chien-shien.

Campaign

The Kuomintang urged voters to boycott both referendums to prevent them from reaching the 50% voter turnout needed to for validate the result, and there was much pre-election controversy over the format and structure of the balloting. Initially, the Kuomintang was in favor of a two-step balloting system where voters would vote for the legislative elections and then for the referendum, while the DPP was in favor of a one-step system in which voters would get all four ballots to vote. The final system was a one-step, two-table system in which voters would get the ballots at separate tables but would mark the ballot papers together.

Results

Question	For	Against	Invalid/
blank	Total	Registered
voters	Turnout	Outcome	Votes	%	Votes	%
Proposal 3	3,891,170	91.46	363,494	8.54	296,217	4,550,881	17,277,720	26.34
Proposal 4	2,304,136	58.17	1,656,890	41.83	544,901	4,505,927	26.08
Source: [CEC](https://web.archive.org/web/20110531030125/http://www.cec.gov.tw/files/20080114164241_0970114-8.xls)

References

[https://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_7160000/newsid_7165000/7165026.stm 台選舉公投爭議落幕將采一階段投票] BBC News, 30 December 2007 {{in lang. zh
[https://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_7160000/newsid_7166000/7166028.stm 國民黨抵制追討黨產公投] BBC News, 31 December 2007 {{in lang. zh

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