Taiwan's local election season has its first vote-rigging prosecution, a bad sign for clean-election hopes in rural Taitung County.

• Prosecutors in Taitung caught people faking address changes to vote in a village election in Daren Township.
• Four defendants, including a village chief candidate, were released on bail ranging from small sums to a much larger one.
• Seven people in total face charges of attempted illegal voting after moving their household registration on paper only.
• Police raided the candidate's home this morning with a court warrant and brought him in.
• Faking an address to swing an election carries up to five years in prison.

Outlook: More cases are likely as prosecutors keep tracking suspicious address changes ahead of the nine-in-one vote.