Under our electoral system, citizens who have the right to vote in our country are widespread and universal. According to China's Constitution, all citizens in People's Republic of China (PRC) who have reached the age of 18, regardless of nationality, race, sex, occupation, family background, religious belief, education level, property status and length of residence, have the right to vote and stand for election, except those who are deprived of political rights according to law. The electoral law reaffirms the constitutional provisions.
According to the above provisions of the Constitution and the Electoral Law, it can be concluded that most citizens in our country enjoy the right to vote. Therefore, the principle of universality is a basic principle of our electoral system. Our electoral system is based on the principle of equality before the law stipulated by the Constitution. All citizens have equal legal status and equal voting rights in the electoral law. In China, the equality of voting rights is mainly reflected in the equality of urban and rural population, regional equality and ethnic equality.
Principle of secret ballot
Voting by secret ballot, also known as secret voting, has the advantage that voters can express their wishes more freely, exclude external interference and choose who they want to vote for without consideration. China's electoral law also clearly stipulates that the election of deputies to the national and local people's congresses shall be conducted by secret ballot. Article 31 of China's Electoral Law stipulates that deputies to national and local people's congresses shall be elected by difference, and the number of candidates shall exceed the number of deputies to be elected.
Where deputies to the people's congresses are directly elected by voters, the number of candidates for deputies should be more than 1/3 to 1 times the number of deputies to be elected; When local people's congresses at or above the county level elect deputies to the people's congress at the next higher level, the number of candidates for deputies shall be more than one-fifth to one-half of the number of deputies to be elected.