June Local Election Early Voting Rate in Gyeongnam Province at 21.59% ... 24-Hour Tight Security for Ballot Boxes Until Election Day

Gyeongnam Election Commission. / Photo by Se-ryeong Lee ryeong@

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] The Gyeongnam Election Commission announced that 605,380 people participated in the early voting for the 8th Nationwide Simultaneous Local Elections.

According to the Election Commission, out of the total 2,804,287 eligible voters in the province, 21.59% participated in early voting, which is 2.24% lower than the early voting rate of 23.83% in the 7th local elections.

Early Voting Status in Past Elections.

Based on the basic councilor electoral districts, 158,211 people voted outside their own electoral district, accounting for 26.13% of all early voters, while 447,169 people voted within their district, making up 73.86%.

By district, Hadong-gun had the highest voting rate at 43.52%, while Yangsan-si had the lowest early voting participation at 15.36%.

The Election Commission explained that early voting boxes within the district were transported to the district/city/county election commissions accompanied by party and candidate observers and police officers for escort, and early votes from outside the district, contained in return envelopes, were handed over to the responsible post office accompanied by party and candidate observers and police officers.

Subsequently, the return envelopes of early votes from outside the district, which arrived at the respective district/city/county election commissions by registered mail, are placed into postal ballot boxes stored in a separate location equipped with CCTV, with party nomination committee members present.

Until election day, the ballot boxes for in-district, out-of-district, and absentee voting are stored in CCTV-monitored locations within the offices of the responsible district/city/county election commissions, with access strictly controlled and monitored 24 hours a day by the Central Election Commission Integrated Control Center until they are moved to the counting center.

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