Residents could vote again on new casino for Taiwan’s Penghu island

Penghu, one of Taiwan’s outlying islands, is getting another chance to vote on a new casino in the area.

Last week, the local government’s Referendum Screening Committee approved a proposal to hold a referendum early next year, allowing Penghu residents to vote on possibly allowing a new casino to open in the island, Focus Taiwan News Channel reported.

The voting is expected to happen sometime between the country’s presidential election on Jan. 16, 2016, and before the May 20 presidential inauguration, according to the report.

However, the groups pushing for the legalization of gambling in Penghu will have to collect 4,113 signature—or roughly 5 percent of the more than 80,000 eligible voters in the island—before the proposal will  be sent to the election committee that will prepare for a referendum.