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[Breaking News] 54 election-related 112 reports in Seoul…"Stamp pre-marked on ballot paper"

Korea Economic Daily

Summary

It was reported that a total of 54 election-related 112 reports were received in Seoul.
It was revealed that at a polling station in Seocho-gu, a ballot paper was found to be pre-stamped.
A voter who had already cast an early vote demanded to check the voter list and caused a disturbance at the site.

On the day of the 21st presidential election, a total of 54 election-related 112 calls were received regarding polling stations as of noon on the 3rd.

According to the police, at around 9:22 a.m. that day at a polling station in Seocho-gu, a 56-year-old woman reported to the police that she had "discovered that the election officials had detached the serial numbers at the bottom of the ballot papers and had also pre-stamped them in advance."

Upon checking by the National Election Commission staff and observers, it was confirmed that the ballots had indeed been pre-stamped in anticipation of a rush of voters.

At around 11:12 a.m., a woman in her 60s who had already cast an early vote visited the polling station at Suyu Elementary School in Gangbuk-gu, insisting, "I want to check if my name has been deleted from the voter list," and caused a commotion.

The woman left the scene before the police arrived, and the police explained that they would investigate if the National Election Commission later files a complaint against her.

Kim Soo-Young, Hankyung.com reporter swimmingk@hankyung.com