On October 27, the Election Committee of Gong County, Yibin, Sichuan, issued a document stating that all preliminary candidates for the new session of county and township people's congress representatives were selected from a pool of approximately 2,200 people coordinated by the County Party Committee Organization Department, and all candidates were jointly vetted by departments including the discipline inspection commission and the police (Public Security).[social control][CCP Policy][Yibin][Election fraud][Gong County]