Wang Cheng’s Lawsuit against the Election Committee

• Author: Kong Liquan

Wang Cheng of Hubei Province migrated to Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province in February, 2006 to work as a lawyer, and successively lived in the Jianggan District, the Xiacheng District, the Xihu District, and the Binjiang District. In November, 2011, Wang Cheng’s application to register as a qualified voter in Binjiang District was rejected on the ground that he had lived in that locale for less than one full year. The government official in charge of voter registration told him that according to Zhejiang Province regulations, “current place of residency” refers to Binjiang...