Dongjak-gu, 2020 Village Assembly Online Voting

Sharing and Deciding Village Issues Through Village Assemblies Open to All Residents... Held in 7 Neighborhoods... Conducted via Online and Hub Voting to Prevent COVID-19 Community Spread

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Dongjak-gu (Mayor Changwoo Lee) will hold the "2020 Village General Assembly" until July to promote village planning projects through neighborhood-level resident autonomy and public-private cooperation.

The village planning project is a resident-led initiative where residents themselves identify various issues in the local community, create plans to solve them, and put those plans into action.

The neighborhoods selected for the village planning project form village planning teams composed of resident autonomy committee members, office workers, students, and others. Each neighborhood holds a village general assembly where anyone in the community can participate to share and decide on the various plans established by the village planning teams.

Since starting the village planning project in 2016, the district has achieved the discovery of a total of 38 village agendas. Last year, seven neighborhoods carried out village planning projects, discovering a total of 268 village agendas and finally selecting 74 agendas.

This year, especially to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 infectious disease in the community, the village general assemblies will be conducted through "online voting" and "visiting base voting methods."

Starting with Sangdo 2-dong, which completed online and base voting on the 11th, voting will proceed in the following order: Daebang-dong from June 11 to 19, Sadang 1-dong from June 12 to 18, Noryangjin 1-dong from June 15 to 25, Sadang 5-dong from June 24 to 29, Sindaebang 2-dong from June 25 to July 4, and Noryangjin 2-dong from June 29 to July 3.

Residents of the respective neighborhoods can vote for their desired village agenda by scanning the QR code attached to promotional materials or by accessing the Naver Office (office.naver.com) URL.

Additionally, participation is possible by visiting on-site voting stations set up at major base locations.

When visiting voting stations, wearing a mask is mandatory, and it is recommended to disinfect hands with the provided hand sanitizer before voting. However, base voting stations operate differently depending on each neighborhood community center, so it is advisable to check in advance.

The village planning agendas selected through this resident vote will be implemented in 2021 with budget secured through public-private cooperation.

For more details, inquiries can be made to the Department of Autonomous Administration or the respective neighborhood community centers.

Choi Hwanbong, head of the Department of Autonomous Administration, said, "Neighborhood-level resident autonomy activities have become very important for the realization of local decentralization," and added, "We hope many people will participate in voting for the growth of democracy created by the residents themselves."

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