118-Year-Old Oldest Voter in Gyeongnam, Actually 98 Years Old

On the 9th, the voting day of the 20th presidential election, citizens are casting their votes at a polling station set up in Jinhae-gu, Changwon-si, Gyeongnam, around 11 a.m. Photo by Joo Cheol-in lx906@

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Ju Cheol-in] It has been confirmed that the actual age of Grandma Yoon, known as the oldest voter in Gyeongnam Province at 118 years old, is 98 years old.

The Gyeongnam Provincial Election Commission announced on the 9th that the oldest voter in the province according to the resident registration is Grandma Yoon, who lives in Jeongchon-myeon, Jinju City.

However, it was confirmed through the local Jeongchon-myeon office that Grandma Yoon's actual age is 98. This is known to have been incorrectly recorded during the digitization process due to the loss of her family register.

Grandma Yoon's family register records her birth year as 1903, but in reality, she was born in 1923, showing a 20-year difference from her actual age.

An official from the Jeongchon-myeon office said, "Grandma Yoon lives with her son, and I heard that she cannot exercise her voting rights in this presidential election due to her poor health. It is not easy to change the family register arbitrarily, so although she is 118 years old on the register, her actual age is 98."

He added, "If Grandma Yoon participates in voting in this presidential election, she will vote at the 2nd polling station set up at Yehaha Elementary School in Jeongchon-myeon according to her address."

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