Preliminary Candidate Registration for District Mayors and City/District Council Members Begins from the 18th

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] From the 18th, the registration of preliminary candidates for the district mayor elections and city/district council elections in the 8th nationwide simultaneous local elections will begin.

Registration of preliminary candidates for county governor and county council elections will start from the 20th of next month.

According to the Gwangju Metropolitan City Election Commission on the 17th, due to the revision of the Public Official Election Act, citizens aged 18 or older as of the election day (born before June 2, 2004) can also register as preliminary candidates.

At the jurisdictional election district election commission, applicants must submit and pay ▲certification documents related to eligibility such as a resident registration transcript ▲certification documents regarding criminal records ▲certification of formal education ▲20% of the candidate deposit (2 million KRW for district mayor elections, 600,000 KRW for metropolitan city council elections, 400,000 KRW for autonomous district council elections).

Registered preliminary candidates may conduct election campaigns such as ▲establishing election offices (posting signs, plaques, banners) ▲distributing election campaign business cards (including spouse and direct ascendants/descendants) ▲wearing sashes or badges ▲sending election campaign text messages via automatic broadcast communication ▲sending election campaign emails entrusted to transmission agencies ▲creating and sending one type of preliminary candidate promotional material within the quantity announced by the election commission (within 10% of households in the election district).

Preliminary candidates for district mayor elections may publish one type of preliminary candidate pledge book containing election pledges and sell it by usual methods (excluding door-to-door sales).

Also, from this election, preliminary candidates may establish preliminary candidate support committees and raise donations up to 50% of the election expense limit (if the designation rights of the support committee are the same for both preliminary candidate and candidate support committees, the total is up to 50% of the election expense limit).

Persons restricted from candidacy in this election, such as members of the National Assembly or public officials, must resign before applying for preliminary candidate registration.

For inquiries regarding necessary matters for preliminary candidate registration and election campaign methods, call 1390 without an area code or contact the jurisdictional election district election commission.

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