In early January the Soong camp delivered to the Central Election Commission nearly 1.7 million petition signatures in support of his candidacy, and the other independent candidate Hsu Hsin-liang has also done well, collecting over 340,000 signatures.
一月初，宋張陣營聲稱收到總計一百六十八萬多份的連署書；另一位獨立參選人許信良也成果不惡，獲得三十四萬多份的連署書。