选举法的修改是今春全国两会的重大议题之一,结合一个特殊的背景,其意义已超过修法本身。中央曾于1997年设定目标,2010年形成中国特色社会主义法律体系。如今已至冲刺与验收期。根据中央要求与各级立法机关表态,这一目标将被确保实现。选举法在此至少承担两大使命。作为今年全国人代会唯一审议的法律案,其完善是形成法律体系不可或缺的一个步骤。过去城乡选举权的不平等,如今已不合时宜,从四比一一步到位改至 The revision of the election law is one of the major topics for the NPC and CPPCC this spring. Combined with a special background, its significance has exceeded that of the revision itself. The Central Government set a goal in 1997 and formed a socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics in 2010. Now it has to sprint and acceptance period. According to the central request and the legislatures at all levels, this goal will be ensured. The Electoral Law should bear at least two missions here. As the only case to be considered by the National People’s Congress this year, its perfection is an indispensable step in forming a legal system. In the past, the inequality of the right of urban and rural areas to vote was now outdated and was changed from four to one by one step