Crisis of confidence at NEC

Olympic Park in southeastern Seoul’s affluent Songpa District has become the epicenter of democratic activism. Tens of thousands of voters, around 40 percent of them millennials and Generation Z, have gathered there every day since Thursday, the day after the June 3 local elections, demanding a rerun of the Seoul mayoral election. Their collective action followed a shortage of ballot papers at a polling station in Songpa District, where voters were forced to wait in long lines and cast their ballots after the official voting deadline. Some returned home without voting, while others waited until as late as 10 p.m. to cast their ballots, four hours after the scheduled closing time. The extended voting hours, conducted without prior notice, sparked outrage. Compounding the problem, exit poll results were released at 6 p.m. by the three major broadcasting networks — KBS, SBS and MBC — while voting was still underway in Songpa. As a result, some voters cast their ballots after becoming aware of the projected outcomes. This constituted a serious breach of election law, which prohibitsWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times