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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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Voter turnout comes to second-highest for local election at 61%

South Korea’s voter turnout in Wednesday’s local elections was provisionally tallied at 61 percent, marking the second-highest turnout in the country’s local election history, according to the National Election Commission. The NEC said around 27.25 million out of around 44.65 million eligible voters cast ballots in the elections held from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. nationwide. The figure includes ballots cast during the two-day early voting period held May 29-30, which recorded a turnout of 23.51 percent,

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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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Koreans head to polls in local elections; turnout hits 11 as of 10 a.m.

Voter turnout for Wednesday’s local elections and parliamentary by-elections stood at 11 percent as of 10 a.m., according to the National Election Commission. Polling stations opened nationwide at 6 a.m., at 14,288 polling stations nationwide. Of the country’s 44,649,908 eligible voters, 23.51 percent, or about 10.4 million people, have already cast their ballots during the two-day early voting period last week. The 10 a.m. turnout figure was 2.3 percentage points higher than the 8.7 percent rec

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Swim, bike, run, chill by the Han River this weekend

Seoul will hold a three-day noncompetitive triathlon event along the Han River this weekend, inviting residents and visitors to swim, cycle and run at their own pace. The third annual My Pace Hangang Triathlon Festival will take place from Friday to Sunday around Ttukseom and Jamsil Han River parks, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday. The city expects a large turnout after last year’s festival drew 650,000 visitors. The festival centers on three activities — swimming, cycling and run

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Forget elite universities. Semiconductor high schools are the new hot ticket

Admission to a prestigious university is no longer seen as the only path to success for some students in South Korea, as semiconductor-focused high schools gain popularity on the expectation that they can lead directly to jobs at major chipmakers. Korea Semiconductor Meister High School in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, decided to hold a second admissions information session on June 20 after turnout at the initial session held May 30 exceeded the 120 seats prepared by the school. “More stu

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Guinea holds parliament election

Guineans voted Sunday in legislative and municipal elections marking a new step toward a return to democratic rule after a 2021 coup, despite severe restrictions on civil liberties and an opposition boycott. The authorities pushed back the close of polling stations 90 minutes to 7:30 p.m. before counting started. The day was marked by a low turnout at polling stations visited by Agence France-Presse journalists in the capital, Conakry, and the central city of Labe, and according to election moni

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Rivals keen on record-high early voter turnout for June election

South Korea’s rival parties are offering different interpretations of the record-high early voter turnout for the June 3 local elections, with the ruling Democratic Party of Korea casting it as a sign of public support for the Lee Jae Myung administration and the main opposition People Power Party cautioning that the figures do not necessarily favor any one party. Rep. Kang Jun-hyeon, senior spokesperson of the Democratic Party, thanked more than 10 million voters for going to polling stations d

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Scenes from Day 2 of early voting

As temperatures continue to climb and turnout remains brisk, voters head to polling stations nationwide to cast their ballots ahead of the local elections next Wednesday. Early voting turnout reached 18.61 percent as of 2 p.m., surpassing the figure recorded at the same point in the 2022 local elections. Early voting, which runs until 6 p.m. Saturday, allows voters to cast ballots at any of the country's 3,571 polling stations regardless of their registered place of residence. On Election Day, h

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Early voting turnout hits 14.29% by 10 a.m.

Early voting turnout for South Korea’s ninth nationwide local elections reached 14.29 percent as of 10 a.m. Saturday, continuing to outpace participation levels recorded during the previous local elections four years ago. The figure was 1.62 percentage points higher than the 12.67 percent recorded at the same point during the 2022 local elections. The first day of early voting also set a new record for local elections, with turnout reaching 11.6 percent, surpassing the previous record of 10.18 p

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Local election early voting opens, turnout takes center stage

South Koreans began two days of early voting Friday for nationwide local elections, as tightening races pushed rival parties into a final scramble to mobilize supporters and turn turnout into the defining fight of the campaign. Early voting turnout stood at 2.71 percent as of 10 a.m., slightly above the pace recorded in the 2022 local elections, according to the National Election Commission. The commission said 1,211,777 of the country’s 44.64 million eligible voters had cast ballots in the firs

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Foreign voters hit record high, but low turnout limits influence

The number of foreign nationals eligible to vote in South Korea’s local elections has grown large enough to form a noticeable voting bloc in some major cities. Their overall electoral influence, however, remains limited by persistently low voter turnout. According to data from the National Election Commission, foreign residents account for 1.8 percent of all eligible voters in Ansan and Siheung, industrial cities in Gyeonggi Province with populations of around 600,000 each, ahead of the June 3 l

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Samsung's strike-averting wage deal passes union vote

Samsung Electronics’ tentative 2026 wage and bonus agreement passed a union vote Wednesday, a week after labor and management reached a last-minute deal that narrowly averted a planned strike. The agreement won support from 73.7 percent of the 62,616 union members who cast ballots, according to the unions. Turnout reached 95.5 percent of the 65,593 eligible voters. Samsung Electronics and its unions reached the tentative agreement on May 20, just before a planned walkout was set to begin. Under

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Samsung wage deal nears approval as internal backlash grows

Samsung Electronics' tentative wage agreement is set to be approved this week, ending a five-month labor dispute that nearly triggered the company's largest-ever strike. But the workers the deal leaves out are going to court to stop it. Turnout in the union ratification vote passed 86 percent as of Monday morning, the fourth day of balloting, according to the company's largest union. The electronic vote closes at 10 a.m. Wednesday and approval is widely expected. Roughly 80 percent of that union

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How ballot shortages disrupt elections in other countries

Voter turnout comes to second-highest for local election at 61%

Some Seoul polling stations face ballot shortages amid high turnout

Koreans head to polls in local elections; turnout hits 11 as of 10 a.m.

Swim, bike, run, chill by the Han River this weekend

Forget elite universities. Semiconductor high schools are the new hot ticket

Guinea holds parliament election

Rivals keen on record-high early voter turnout for June election

Scenes from Day 2 of early voting

Early voting turnout hits 14.29% by 10 a.m.

Local election early voting opens, turnout takes center stage

Foreign voters hit record high, but low turnout limits influence

Samsung's strike-averting wage deal passes union vote

Samsung wage deal nears approval as internal backlash grows