The Election Commission: YouTube Claims of 'Ghost Votes' Are False

On the afternoon of the 28th, a demonstration event revealing the early voting, ballot counting, and vote tallying process was held for the media in the Central Election Commission's main conference room in Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do. An official is showing a special seal sticker attached to the ballot box. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] The National Election Commission clarified on the 10th that the claim of 'ghost votes'?where the number of voters exceeds the population?occurring on some YouTube channels is not true.

The Election Commission dismissed the ghost vote controversy, stating, "There are 48 towns, townships, and neighborhoods nationwide where the number of registered voters (early voters within the jurisdiction + voters on election day) exceeds the population."

Some YouTube channels claim that in the Jin-dong-myeon early voting (constituency) count of Paju-si Eul electoral district, the number of voters (201) exceeds the population of Jin-dong-myeon (159 as of April 2020) by 42, labeling this as 'ghost votes.'

Regarding these suspicions, the Election Commission explained that this is not ghost voting but a result of distinguishing between voters within and outside the jurisdiction. The Commission stated, "Early voting can be done outside one's registered address without a separate reporting procedure, and voters are classified as either within-jurisdiction or outside-jurisdiction based on their registered address. When a voter casts an early vote in their own district (gu, si, gun), it is all classified as within-jurisdiction early voting and included in the count of early voters within the actual town, township, or neighborhood where the early vote took place."

They further explained, "The number of early voters within Jin-dong-myeon, Paju-si (114) represents the number of voters who voted at the Jin-dong-myeon early voting station among the 11 towns, townships, and neighborhoods in the Paju-si Eul electoral district, and does not only mean the number of early voters whose registered address is Jin-dong-myeon. The total number of voters (201) in the Jin-dong-myeon count is the sum of voters on election day at the Jin-dong-myeon polling station and the within-jurisdiction early voters."

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