Gyeongnam Election Commission to Open Preliminary Candidate Registration for Saemaeul Geumgo Chairman Election from the 21st of This Month

The Gyeongnam Election Commission announced on the 20th that the registration for preliminary candidates for the 1st Nationwide Simultaneous Saemaeul Geumgo Chairman Election will begin on the 21st.

According to the Gyeongnam Election Commission, the candidate registration period for the Geumgo chairman election is until February 17, the day before the candidate registration application start date.

Applications can be submitted daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., excluding public holidays.

The preliminary candidate system is a system that allows election campaigning within a certain range before the official campaign period, implemented to enable newcomers to introduce themselves.

Previously existing only in the Geumgo Central Association elections, it was introduced to the Geumgo chairman elections as well following the amendment of the Act on Public Institutions and Entrusted Elections in 2024.

Gyeongnam Election Commission. Photo by Se-ryeong Lee

To become a preliminary candidate, one must submit a preliminary candidate registration application form, proof of eligibility according to relevant laws or articles of association, and other necessary documents to the jurisdictional district/city/county election commission, and pay 20% of the candidate deposit as a preliminary deposit.

Employees of the relevant Geumgo, delegates or employees of other Geumgo institutions must resign by the day before the preliminary candidate registration application if they intend to run in the election. However, if the chairman of the relevant Geumgo runs for the Geumgo chairman election, resignation is not required.

Preliminary candidates may have one campaign worker and one activity assistant among members who are not employees of the relevant Geumgo, as well as their spouse and direct ascendants or descendants. Activity assistants can only be appointed for disabled preliminary candidates as defined by the Central Election Commission regulations.

Preliminary candidates, campaign workers, and activity assistants may conduct election campaigns by telephone and text messages, information and communication networks, distribution of campaign business cards at events publicly announced by Saemaeul Geumgo, and policy presentations at public events, in accordance with the methods stipulated by the Entrusted Election Act.

Activity assistants are only allowed to distribute business cards, and policy presentations at events can only be made by the preliminary candidate themselves.

For preliminary candidate registration, necessary information, and methods of election campaigning available to preliminary candidates, inquiries can be made by calling 1390 without an area code or contacting the responsible city/county/district election commission for guidance.

The 1st Nationwide Simultaneous Saemaeul Geumgo Chairman Election will be held on March 5, and approximately 70 Geumgo institutions in the province are expected to participate.

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