Editing Recall election (section)

=== Taiwan ===
In [[Taiwan]], according to the [[Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China|Additional Articles of the Constitution]], the recall of the president or the vice president shall be initiated upon the proposal of one-fourth of all members of the [[Legislative Yuan]], and also passed by two-thirds of all the members. The final recall must be passed in a recall election by more than one-half of the valid ballots in a vote in which more than one-half of the electorate in the [[free area of the Republic of China]] takes part.<ref>{{cite web|title=Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act|url=https://law.moj.gov.tw/ENG/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=D0020053|website=Laws and Regulations Database of Taiwan, R.O.C.}}</ref>

Other elected officials can be recalled in elections by more than 1/4 of the total electors in the original electoral district, and where the number of votes consenting to the recall is more than that of dissenting.

On 6 June 2020, [[Mayor of Kaohsiung]] [[Han Kuo-yu]] became [[2020 Kaohsiung mayoral recall vote|the first mayor to be recalled]]. 939,090 votes within 969,259 agreed the recall.<ref>{{cite web |title=韓國瑜12日前解職9/12前補選 政院將派代理市長 |date=6 June 2020 |url=https://www.cna.com.tw/amp/news/firstnews/202006060144.aspx |access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref>

After [[Mayor of Keelung]] [[George Hsieh]] defeated a recall vote in October 2024, the [[Kuomintang]] proposed amendments to the Public Officials Election and Recall Act.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Flor |last2=Lin |first2=Ching-yin |last3=Wang |first3=Yang-yu |title=KMT urges revision of recall law after Keelung mayor recall vote |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202410140024 |access-date=24 December 2024 |agency=Central News Agency |date=14 October 2024}}</ref> In December 2024, the [[Legislative Yuan]] approved changes requiring that initiators and signatories of recall petitions provide photocopies of their [[national identification card (Taiwan)|national identification card]]s.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kuo |first1=Chien-shen |last2=Wang |first2=Yang-yu |last3=Chen |first3=Chun-hua |last4=Teng |first4=Pei-ju |title=Legislature approves measures to tighten recall petition requirements |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202412200015 |access-date=24 December 2024 |agency=Central News Agency |date=20 December 2024}}</ref>

In 2025, due to the [[2024 Taiwanese constitutional controversy]], civic groups launched the "[[Great Recall Wave]]" to recall more than 30 [[Kuomintang]] legislators.<ref>{{cite news| title=Recall proposals reach 47 in Taiwan | website=Taiwan News | date=11 February 2025 | url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6034383 | access-date=16 February 2025}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=April 2025}}