Supreme Court: "No Irregularities Found in Ballots After Recount of Incheon Yeonsu-eul General Election"

Former Assemblyman Min Kyung-wook [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] It has been confirmed that there is no change in the vote ranking between the winner, Jeong Ilyeong of the Democratic Party of Korea, and former lawmaker Min Kyungwook, who came in second, following the recount verification results of the invalidation lawsuit for the 4·15 general election in Yeonsu-eul, Incheon, filed last year by former United Future Party lawmaker Min Kyungwook, who alleged fraudulent voting. Contrary to Min's claims, no manipulated ballots were found.

According to the Supreme Court on the 30th, the Supreme Court Division 2 (Presiding Justice Cheon Daeyeop) held a verification hearing for the invalidation lawsuit filed by former lawmaker Min against the Yeonsu District Election Commission of Incheon at the Incheon District Court from 9:30 a.m. on the 28th until 7 a.m. the previous day.

The verification results showed that Jeong received 52,678 votes, and former lawmaker Min received 50,064 votes. However, the vote difference between the two candidates decreased by 279 votes from 2,893 to 2,614 after the recount. Former Justice Party lawmaker Lee Jeongmi, who also ran, received 23,183 votes, and candidate Joo Jeongguk of the National Revolutionary Dividend Party received 424 votes.

On that day, the court generated image files of about 45,600 early voting ballots, analyzed QR codes, and converted them into serial number digits through a program proposed by former lawmaker Min for reading. Previously, Min had claimed that so-called 'ghost votes' were mixed in the early voting ballots and insisted on verifying the QR codes of the early voting ballots.

However, there were no early voting ballots with serial numbers other than those assigned by the Election Commission to the Yeonsu District electoral district in Incheon. There were also no early voting ballots with duplicate serial numbers. Based on these results, the Supreme Court plans to hold additional argument sessions to determine whether fraudulent voting occurred.

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