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NEC chair, secretary-general offer to resign over ballot fiasco

Rho Tae-ak, chair of the National Election Commission, offered to resign from the post in the aftermath of the election delays due to ballot shortages at 22 polling stations in the Greater Seoul region. The incident, which unfolded mostly in conservative-leaning districts in Seoul and Incheon, forced some voters to cast their votes after the exit poll results were announced on Wednesday. Also, vote counts for some districts were significantly delayed. "There is no room for excuses for an inciden

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Police disperse protestors at polling station, acquire ballot boxes

South Korean police on Friday dispersed hundreds of demonstrators at a polling station in southern Seoul who had blocked access to ballot boxes to protest the ballot shortage during Wednesday's local elections. Mobile police units were dispatched at around 7:30 a.m. to Jamsil-dong, Songpa-gu, southern Seoul, where citizens had been at a stand-off with authorities since Wednesday evening. The number of protestors reached as high as 1,400, according to police estimates shared at 11 p.m. Thursday.

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How ballot shortages disrupt elections in other countries

Seoul’s ballot shortage was a rare Election Day failure, but not an unheard-of one. Similar incidents have disrupted voting in the US, Australia and the UK, usually after election authorities underestimated turnout or failed to supply enough ballots to specific polling stations. In the US, during Mississippi’s 2023 gubernatorial election, Hinds County, the state’s most populous county, ran out of ballots after a tight race between then-incumbent Republican Gov. Tate Reeves and Democratic challen

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Ballot shortage adds to election watchdog’s woes

The country's election watchdog is defending itself against a national furor after a ballot shortage on Wednesday forced a temporary suspension of voting at some polling stations and left some voters waiting for hours. The unprecedented incident was the latest in a series of mishaps and disputes surrounding the National Election Commission, which has faced criticism over what some call poor election management. A separate incident during Wednesday’s local elections occurred when a Seoul voter wa

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Sleepless night in Jamsil as angry protesters block ballot box removal

Overnight protests over voting disruptions caused by a ballot paper shortage in Seoul's Songpa-gu continued into Thursday morning, with demonstrators physically blocking the transfer of ballot boxes to a counting center. Well past 10 a.m., protesters remained gathered outside Jamsil 7-dong's No. 2 polling station, set up at the Woosung Apartment senior citizens' center, although the crowd thinned as the work day began. Local reports estimated the crowd at around 200 people at around 8 a.m., incl

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Ballot shortage not grounds for reelection: election watchdog

The National Election Commission said Thursday that the shortage of ballot papers during Wednesday's Seoul mayoral election does not invalidate the results, saying it was not one of the grounds that would suspend or nullify the final outcome. Some voters at 14 polling stations, particularly in the southern part of Seoul — eight in Songpa-gu, two in Gangnam-gu, two in Seocho-gu, one in Gwangjin-gu and one in Dongjak-gu — reported that they were unable to vote because NEC officials had run out of

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Election watchdog says ballot shortage not grounds for revote or postponement

The election watchdog said Thursday a shortage of ballots in parts of Seoul during the June 3 local elections does not constitute grounds for postponing the election or conducting a revote under the election law. The National Election Commission made the remarks after holding an emergency meeting early Thursday, as a shortage of ballots at some polling stations in Seoul, mostly from Songpa Ward, prompted the temporary suspension of voting in the local elections. The main opposition People Power

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Ballot chaos prompts legal doubts over NEC’s late-night voting extension

The National Election Commission’s decision to extend voting hours in Seoul after polling stations ran out of ballot papers is expected to face legal scrutiny, legal experts said Wednesday, though they view a revote as unlikely. NEC Secretary-General Huh Cheol-hoon apologized, saying the commission had caused “great confusion and concern” after ballot shortages forced voting to be suspended at some sites during the June 3 local elections. He said the NEC immediately sent additional ballot papers

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Police deployed to Songpa polling station amid standoff over ballot box removal

Dozens of police officers were deployed early Thursday to a polling station in Seoul’s Songpa District where citizens continued to block the removal of a ballot box after voting hours were extended due to a ballot paper shortage. According to police and other authorities, several dozen riot police officers were sent to the No. 2 polling station in Jamsil 7-dong at around 12:30 a.m. Thursday as the standoff continued. The deployment came as citizens at the site tried to prevent election officials

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Cheong Wa Dae urges NEC to take ‘responsible measures’ over ballot shortages

The presidential office urged the election watchdog Wednesday to take “responsible measures” after the agency acknowledged ballot shortages at 14 polling stations in Seoul during the local elections and issued a public apology. The National Election Commission admitted that ballots had run short at 12 polling stations in Songpa-gu and one each in Gangnam-gu and Gwangjin-gu, while issuing a public apology over the incident. “As a constitutional institution tasked with guaranteeing the people’s ri

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Ballot shortage sparks protest at Seoul polling station

A ballot shortage at a polling station in Seoul's Songpa-gu triggered a tense standoff late Wednesday, turning an election management failure into a dispute over voting rights as counting got underway in Korea's local elections. Crowds gathered at one of Jamsil’s polling stations after voting there was extended because of a shortage of ballots, Yonhap News Agency reported. Some protesters demanded that ballots cast at the station be invalidated and that the ballot box not be removed from the sit

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Ballot shortage delays poll closing in parts of Seoul

A digital watch shows 6:54 p.m. on Wednesday as voters line up at a polling station in Garak-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, where ballot shortages delayed voting past the scheduled 6 p.m. closing time. (Yonhap)

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Jung Geun-sik projected to win second term as Seoul education chief: exit polls

Liberal candidate Jung Geun-sik was projected to win Seoul’s education superintendent race Wednesday, exit polls showed, securing a second term as head of the city’s education office. Polls closed at 6 p.m., with exit polls giving Jung 39 percent of the vote, ahead of conservative candidate Cho Chun-hyuk, who received 21.2 percent. The exit polls were conducted by Korea’s three major broadcasters, KBS, MBC and SBS, at 595 polling stations nationwide. They surveyed every fifth voter who cast a ba

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[Breaking] Ha, Han locked in tight race in Busan by-election: exit poll

Democratic Party of Korea candidate Ha Jung-woo and independent candidate Han Dong-hoon were locked in a tight race in the National Assembly by-election for Busan's Buk-A district, according to a joint exit poll released Wednesday, shortly after voting ended. The exit poll showed Ha with 42.6 percent support, narrowly ahead of independent candidate Han Dong-hoon at 41.6 percent. People Power Party candidate Park Min-sik garnered 15.8 percent. The exit poll covered 595 polling stations nationwide

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[Breaking] Cho Kuk leads tight three-way race in Pyeongtaek by-election: exit poll

Cho Kuk, chair of the Rebuilding Korea Party, was projected to narrowly win a National Assembly seat in Pyeongtaek B, edging out rivals from both major parties in a three-way race, a joint exit poll showed Wednesday shortly after polling stations closed at 6 p.m. The poll showed Cho with 31.1 percent support, followed by main opposition People Power Party candidate Yoo Eui-dong at 30.6 percent and ruling Democratic Party of Korea candidate Kim Yong-nam at 30.3 percent. The exit poll covered 595

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[Breaking] Exit poll points to Chong Won-o as winner in Seoul mayor race

The Democratic Party of Korea's Chong Won-o is projected to win the Seoul mayoral race, a joint exit poll of three major TV networks showed Wednesday, shortly after polling stations for the local elections closed at 6 p.m. Chong, 57, was expected to win 51.4 percent of votes, 5.4 percentage points ahead of the conservative incumbent Oh Se-hoon, who was seeking a fifth term, according to an exit poll conducted at 595 polling stations nationwide and augmented by a telephone poll of 28,500 responde

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[Breaking] Former oceans minister likely to become Busan mayor: exit poll

Chun Jae-soo, former oceans minister and three-term lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, is projected to win the Busan mayoral race against Park Heong-joon, right-wing incumbent, according to an exit poll Wednesday. Chun, 55, was ahead of Park in the election with 50.2 percent of votes, up by 1.9 percentage points, according to an exit poll conducted at 595 polling stations nationwide Wednesday. The exit poll was run by the Korea Election Pool, a body comprising representatives of t

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Some Seoul polling stations face ballot shortages amid high turnout

South Korea’s election authorities said Wednesday that some polling stations in Seoul’s Songpa-gu district temporarily ran short of ballots due to higher-than-expected voter turnout in the local elections. The National Election Commission said Wednesday afternoon that the Songpa-gu election commission was transporting additional ballots to affected polling stations. The commission said voters waiting in line would still be able to cast their ballots even after official voting hours ended at 6 p.

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[Photo News] Korean celebs, including BTS' Jin, cast votes for municipalities' head

Korean celebrities joined voters across the country in casting their ballots Wednesday in South Korea's local elections and parliamentary by-elections, while encouraging fans to vote through social media. Among them was Jin of BTS, who visited a polling station in Seoul's Hannam-dong after briefly returning to Korea from the group's world tour in support of its new album "Arirang." Broadcaster Jang Young-ran and actors So Yoo-jin and Yoon Jong-hoon also shared voting photos and urged fans to par

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South Korea votes for metropolitan, regional heads

South Korean voters on Wednesday went to the polls to elect leaders of autonomous governments and councilors, as well as local education chiefs and 14 lawmakers at the National Assembly. This year's comprehensive local elections and the parliamentary by-elections are the first nationwide votes since the presidential election in 2025. Polling stations opened at 6 a.m. Wednesday, with 4,241 posts up for grabs. According to the National Election Commission, a total of 7,767 people registered as can

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NEC chair, secretary-general offer to resign over ballot fiasco

Police disperse protestors at polling station, acquire ballot boxes

How ballot shortages disrupt elections in other countries

Ballot shortage adds to election watchdog’s woes

Sleepless night in Jamsil as angry protesters block ballot box removal

Ballot shortage not grounds for reelection: election watchdog

Election watchdog says ballot shortage not grounds for revote or postponement

Ballot chaos prompts legal doubts over NEC’s late-night voting extension

Police deployed to Songpa polling station amid standoff over ballot box removal

Cheong Wa Dae urges NEC to take ‘responsible measures’ over ballot shortages

Ballot shortage sparks protest at Seoul polling station

Ballot shortage delays poll closing in parts of Seoul

Jung Geun-sik projected to win second term as Seoul education chief: exit polls

[Breaking] Ha, Han locked in tight race in Busan by-election: exit poll

[Breaking] Cho Kuk leads tight three-way race in Pyeongtaek by-election: exit poll

[Breaking] Exit poll points to Chong Won-o as winner in Seoul mayor race

[Breaking] Former oceans minister likely to become Busan mayor: exit poll

Some Seoul polling stations face ballot shortages amid high turnout

[Photo News] Korean celebs, including BTS' Jin, cast votes for municipalities' head

South Korea votes for metropolitan, regional heads