TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Central Election Commission said 19 recall cases have been referred to prosecutors for suspected fraud after reports of dead people's signatures being used for support.

The commission said on Tuesday that suspected fraudulent cases include 16 recall campaigns against legislators, one against a mayor, and two against local councilors, per CNA. The commission said the cases were identified from 64 recall campaigns submitted in February.

The commission said each case of suspected fraud is different and will be handled accordingly. It said cases were submitted separately, and some were only accepted after supplementary materials.

The commission said the recall law outlines procedures for dealing with fraudulent signatures. It said it will handle each case without bias toward the individual targeted by the recall.

On Monday, LTN and UDN reported that dead people’s signatures were used to support recall campaigns against six KMT legislators in Taichung and Taoyuan. The commission also had concerns about household registration data for hundreds of supporters.

As of Tuesday, recall cases against 35 opposition legislators, eight DPP legislators, and suspended TPP mayor Kao Hung-an (高虹安) had passed the first of three stages. Local electoral commissions were reviewing recall campaigns targeting seven more DPP legislators.

To pass the first recall stage, 1% of an official’s constituents must support the campaign. If this threshold is met, petitioners have 60 days to gather support from 10% of constituents. Once that requirement is fulfilled, the recall proceeds to a vote.