国台办发言人:搞"台独"不得人心 期盼为两岸和平发展共同努力Archived 2008-04-03 at the Wayback Machine (Spokesperson for Taiwan Affairs Bureau: Taiwan independence fails to win popularity; hopes to work together towards peaceful development of both sides of the Taiwan Strait)
国台办发言人:搞"台独"不得人心 期盼为两岸和平发展共同努力Archived 2008-04-03 at the Wayback Machine (Spokesperson for Taiwan Affairs Bureau: Taiwan independence fails to win popularity; hopes to work together towards peaceful development of both sides of the Taiwan Strait)
Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China, § 2: "Citizens of the free area of the Republic of China residing abroad may return to the ROC to exercise their electoral rights and this shall be stipulated by law." Absentee ballots were not legally available.