Academics are seeking to explain why the referendum on lowering the voting age to 18 failed to pass on Saturday.

The Central Election Commission has officially announced this year's referendums.

Keelung Mayor Hsieh Kuo-liang says he plans to file an administrative appeal against a cabinet decision to revoke approval of a local referendum on building a liquefied natural gas terminal in the city.

All four of the referendum questions put to Taiwanese voters on 18 December failed to achieve the minimum 25% of votes in favour to pass, mainly due to low voter turnout of 41.09%, including the invalid votes

The ECCT, in conjunction with ICRT, hosted a special lunch to discuss the forthcoming four-in-one referendum to be held on 18 December

The Central Election Commission says an estimated 19.88 million people are eligible to vote in December's four national referendums

The opposition Kuomintang (KMT) is planning a referendum concerning the government's plan to open to more US meat imports, which was announced earlier in the week.

The cabinet has approved a draft bill aimed at allowing people who are in Taiwan to vote outside their constituencies during national referendums