《中华人民共和国全国人民代表大会和地方各级人民代表大会选举法》(以下简称选举法)的制定和实施,对改革人民代表大会制度、推进我国基层民主起了里程碑的作用。此后二十多年来,全国人大三次对选举法进行了修改,对扩大直接选举、实行差额选举、采用无记名投票、选民(或代表)推荐代表候选人等事关民主选举的实质性问题,都作了明确的规定。但这些年实践下来,不少地方特别是基层工作的同 The formulation and implementation of the “Electoral Law of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China and the Local People’s Congresses at various levels” (hereinafter referred to as the Election Law) have played a milestone role in reforming the system of people’s congresses and promoting grass-roots democracy in our country. In the two decades since then, the NPC has amended the electoral law three times. Both of them have substantive issues concerning the expansion of direct elections, the implementation of a margin election, the adoption of secret ballots and the election of voters (or representatives) Made a clear provision. However, in practice these years, many localities, especially grassroots work, share the same