Appeals - Claims and Objections
The Home Affairs Department shall publish the provisional register, omissions list and final register for inspection every year.
Making a Claim
A person who has been determined by the Electoral Registration Officer (“ERO”) to be not eligible to be registered, or whose application for registration was not considered further by the ERO, or who has made an application for registration but whose name is not recorded in the relevant provisional register, or whose name is included in the omissions list, or who has a claim regarding his/her particulars in the provisional register, may lodge a notice of claim in the specified form (notice of claim) below.
(The original copy must be delivered in person)
The notice of claim shall be delivered by the claimant in person to the office of the ERO or the Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (“AERO”) concerned during ordinary business hours (Monday to Friday: from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., except general holidays) from 21 August to 9 September 2026. Please refer to the attachment for the address of the relevant offices.
If the claimant’s principal residential address is not in Hong Kong, the claimant may deliver the notice of claim in person or authorise a person in writing to lodge on his/her behalf, at the office of the ERO or the AERO concerned within the period specified above. The notice of claim may also be sent by post, facsimile transmission (fax no.: (852) 3156 1487) or electronic means (i.e. as an electronic record within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Electronic Transactions Ordinance (Cap. 553) authenticated by a digital signature within the meaning of that section to email address: rre@had.gov.hk) on or before 9 September 2026 (Hong Kong Time). For those who make a notice by an electronic record authenticated by a digital signature, the link below can be clicked to access the specified form. Please read carefully on the Guidance Notes on Submission of Notice of Claim by Digital Files before submission.
Guidance Notes on Submission of Notice of Claim by Digital Files
Making an Objection
A person who considers that a registered person is not eligible to be registered as an elector, or in the division of an Existing Villages register in which that person’s name is recorded, or in the part or division of an Indigenous Villages and Composite Indigenous Villages register in which that person’s name is recorded, or in the division of a Market Towns register in which that person’s name is recorded may lodge a notice of objection
in the specified form (notice of objection) below.
(The original copy must be delivered in person)
The notice of objection shall be delivered by the objector in person to the office of the ERO or the AERO concerned during ordinary business hours (Monday to Friday: from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., except general holidays) from 21 August to 9 September 2026. Please refer to the attachment for the address of the relevant offices.
Specified Forms
The notice of claim, the notice of objection and the application for review of ruling made by revising officer, are available at the Home Affairs Department and the New Territories District Offices, or can be downloaded here.
Hearing Arrangements
The ERO will refer notices to the Revising Officer for a ruling. Hearings will be held on or before 23 September 2026. The Home Affairs Department will correct, add or remove entries according to the determination for compilation of the final register. The hearing schedule set by the Revising Officer is given below.
Hearing List for Claims
Hearing List for Objections
