[Exclusive] National Election Commission to re-count Songpa ballots this month... Full process video released
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It has been found that the National Election Commission reported to the National Assembly a plan for a recount, which involves visually checking 2.47 million ballot papers in Songpa-gu for the June 3 local elections, which were held up by a protest blocking the counting center at the Olympic Park in Songpa-gu, Seoul, in the presence of observers from each political party, and recording the entire process and making it public.
It has been found that the National Election Commission reported to the National Assembly a plan for a recount, which involves visually checking 2.47 million ballot papers in Songpa-gu for the June 3 local elections, which were held up by a protest blocking the counting center at the Olympic Park in Songpa-gu, Seoul, in the presence of observers from each political party, and recording the entire process and making it public. There are speculations that if the Special Committee on the State Affairs Investigation into the Ballot Paper Shortage situation decides on this report at the National Assembly hearing on the 14th, an actual recount will be possible before the adoption of the government investigation results report scheduled for the 22nd. According to the National Election Commission's 'Report on the Verification Plan for the 9th National Simultaneous Local Election Songpa-gu Election Commission Ballot Sheet, etc.' obtained by the Dong-A Ilbo on the 13th, the subject of this recount verification includes a total of 2,476,661 ballots from 7 elections held in Songpa-gu, including the Seoul Mayor, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Superintendent, and Songpa-gu Mayor, as well as all election-related documents such as voting records and ballot counting status tables. In particular, in order to prevent distrust in re-verification, it was decided to conduct verification by deploying about 440 National Election Commission employees to visually check each ballot, instead of using a ballot sorting machine.
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