Police raided the National Election Commission headquarters and local offices on Thursday over ballot shortages that disrupted last week's local elections.
Police mobilized more than 100 investigators to search the Commission's headquarters in Gwacheon, south of Seoul, and offices in Seoul districts hit by shortages. Voting was suspended at 26 polling stations nationwide during the June 3 local elections, with most incidents in Seoul's Songpa Ward. Protesters have gathered for a seventh straight day outside a vote-counting facility in Songpa Ward to demand a rerun of the elections. Authorities are examining how the shortages occurred. The Commission had launched a fact-finding committee of external experts on June 10 to investigate the cause and recommend preventive steps.
