Investigators to question four more over ballot shortage in local elections

A joint police and prosecution team was set on Thursday to question four more election officials over ballot shortages that disrupted the June 3 local elections.

The team plans to question the officials about the National Election Commission's response measures. The shortages temporarily suspended voting at 26 polling stations nationwide.

Investigators are probing allegations that the commission hastily reduced the number of printed ballots and failed to respond effectively on election day. The questioning follows a raid a day earlier on the offices of 12 election commission officials in Seoul.

Meanwhile, protesters demanding a rerun of the elections continued to rally outside the Olympic Park Handball Stadium in southern Seoul for the 21st day.

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Police raided the National Election Commission headquarters and local offices on Thursday over ballot shortages that disrupted last week's local elections.

A joint police and prosecution team will soon question National Election Commission officials over ballot paper shortages during the June 3 local elections.

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Police raided the National Election Commission on June 11 over ballot shortages that disrupted voting at 26 polling stations during the June 3 local elections, as protests demanding a rerun continue.

Protests over ballot shortages from the June 3 local elections continued on June 17 as a woman blocked entry to the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Seoul's Songpa District, preventing sports officials from accessing their offices.

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President Lee Jae Myung said Sunday he accepts complaints about voting rights infringement due to ballot shortages in the June 3 local elections but rejected claims of election fraud as a distortion of the issue.

Early voting for South Korea's June 3 local elections and by-elections opened Friday across 3,571 stations nationwide. The vote is widely seen as a referendum on President Lee Jae Myung's first year.

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President Lee Jae Myung said Friday that fundamental reform of the National Election Commission is needed, possibly through a constitutional amendment, following ballot shortages that disrupted the June 3 local elections.

 

 

 

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