He was the director of the Graduate Institute of Law and Government at NCU between 2015 and 2017.He received the Research Excellence Award of National Central University in 2015.
[4] Chen won 70 of 72 ballots in a Legislative Yuan vote in November 2017, confirming him to the chairmanship of the Central Election Commission.
[12] The Family Protection League and other groups opposing same-sex marriage formed the Next Generation Happiness Coalition (CHNG).
[14] The Executive Yuan submitted updated submissions on October 29, 2018, clearly stating , if this ballot initiative is passed, the government will proceed to realize the right of same-sex marriage.
[16] On November 15, 2018, Mr. Tseng petitioned his case to Ombudswoman Ms. Gau, saying that the government’s position paper has "confused voters' judgment".
Ms. Gau immediately sent two official letters to the CEC before the referendum, requesting accountability for the “confusion of voters judgement”.
The investigatory agency determined that the Organic Law of the Central Election Commission was violated during the 2018 Taiwanese referendum.
[20] After reading the original submission of the Executive Yuan, Associate Professor of the Department of Law at the University of Taipei, Ms. Guan Xiaowei [1] believes that if the referendum is passed, it will "exclude same-sex couples from marriage" and that it will only be possible to formulate a separate "civil union for same-sex couples" in addition to the Civil Code.
Even constitutional scholars, not to mention the general public, disagree on the legal effect of the referendum, which is known as "voter confusion"官曉薇:反同婚公投「提案內容」與「提案真意」不符中選會應徹查.
The Secretary General of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Taiwan, who also opposes same-sex marriage, argued that the CHNG was "asking for trouble" by pushing for a referendum Nr.