O Se-hoon, who voted early with his wife, urges "Please vote a lot on the holiday"

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On the morning of the 3rd, Oh Se-hoon, the People Power Party candidate for Seoul mayor, came to the Jayang 3-dong Community Center in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, to cast an early vote with his spouse, Song Hyun-ok, a professor in the Department of Theater and Film at Sejong University.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jun-yi] On the morning of the 3rd, Oh Se-hoon, the People Power Party candidate for Seoul mayor, cast his early vote in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul. Oh's wife, who had not appeared during the campaign period, also made a rare public appearance and joined him.

Around 8 a.m. that day, Oh appeared in front of the Jayang 3-dong Community Center in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, accompanied by his spouse, Song Hyun-ok, a professor in the Department of Theater and Film at Sejong University. Wearing a dark navy suit and a mask, Oh entered the polling station with Professor Song. Although Oh had planned to vote on the official election day, April 7, he reportedly changed his mind and voted early on this day.

Park Young-sun, the Democratic Party candidate, had completed her early voting the previous day at the early voting station in Jongno-gu, Seoul.

Following the procedures of temperature check, hand sanitization, and registration, Oh entered the third-floor polling station with his wife. They stood side by side to sign and verify their residence before entering the voting booth to cast their ballots, then together placed their ballots into the ballot box.

On the morning of the 3rd, Oh Se-hoon, the People Power Party's candidate for Seoul mayor, cast an early vote at the Jayang 3-dong Community Center in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, along with his spouse Song Hyun-ok, a professor in the Department of Theater and Film at Sejong University.

Perhaps because he entered the polling station with his wife, who had refrained from public activities during this election, Oh appeared visibly nervous. When asked by reporters after voting, "Did you come to vote with your wife today?" he replied, "Yes." When further asked, "Given the ongoing allegations against your in-laws, you came out to vote with your wife. Can this be seen as a direct confrontation?" he firmly responded, "The Democratic Party's claims are completely untrue."

He added with a smile, "Today, my wife and I coordinated our outfits. I looked after hers, and she looked after mine."

Regarding his impressions of early voting that day, Oh said, "I hope many Seoul voters take advantage of the Saturday holiday to vote early. Since the official election day on April 7 is a weekday, I wish many would vote early like today."

On the currently high early voting rate, he commented, "I think there is great interest in the election of Seoul, the most important capital city in our country. I believe voters are coming out to send a warning message about the government's failures so far, such as the rise in real estate prices."

As of 9 a.m. on the last day of early voting, the 3rd, out of 12,161,624 eligible voters nationwide, 1,285,108 had participated, recording a turnout rate of 10.57%.

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