For the result of the regional election of central public officials,the governor of a municipality (a municipal mayor) or the governor of a county(city),if the difference between the candidates with the highest and second high number of votes or the indigenous candidates with third high and fourth high number of votes is within 0.3% of the valid ballots,the candidate with the third high or fourth high number of votes may apply for sealing all or part of the list of electors and ballots within seven days after the polling day to the court with jurisdiction prescribed in Article 126.The ballot recounting of the sealed polling station shall be completed within twenty days and the result of the ballot recounting shall be notified to the election commission in charge.The election commission in charge shall reexamine the result of election in accordance with the result of the ballot recounting certified by the court with jurisdiction within seven days.According to the result of the reexamination,if a candidate shall not be elected and it is announced that he/she is elected,the announcement shall be cancelled;if a candidate is actually elected but it is not announced,a public notice shall be given to announce the result of election.
The application for the ballot recounting referred to in the preceding paragraph may be filed by the candidate not to be elected by lottery where the candidates with highest number of votes or the indigenous candidates with the third high number of votes total tow or more.
For the application referred to in Paragraph One, the applicant shall publish the polling station of ballot recounting in written form and pay the deposit of a certain amount; the quota shall be counted by NT$3 per vote of the polling station.
The place of the ballot recounting shall be selected respectively in the corresponding municipality or county(city) by the court with jurisdiction, and the list of electors and ballots of the sealed polling station shall be recognized one by one.
The court with jurisdiction shall notify each candidate or the designated person as implementing the ballot recounting and may direct the municipal or county(city) election commission,township(city /district) offices and the staff of polling station for assistance.
If the result of ballot recounting does not alter the result of being elected or not elected,the deposit referred to in Paragraph Three will not be returned. If the result of ballot recounting does alter the result of being elected or not elected, the deposit will be returned.
Anyone who raises a lawsuit of election and seals the list of electors and ballots of sealed polling station in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph One shall not apply for ballot recounting.
The expenses required for the ballot recounting referred to in Paragraph One shall be paid by the government agency in charge of the budget prescribed in Article 13.