Seo Young-kyo, a member of the Democratic Party and newly elected chair of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, clarified allegations regarding a phone call she made to then-Election Commission Chair Noh Tae-ak on the day of the June 3 local elections. She stated that the call was to request measures to prevent double voting.
In a Facebook post on July 1, Seo noted, "In each electoral district, hundreds to thousands of invalid votes can occur due to double voting." She added that the Election Commission was aware of the issue and had communicated it through press releases and broadcasts. "Requesting the Election Commission to manage elections to ensure citizens' voting rights is a necessary action," she emphasized. Seo also warned of legal action against the People Power Party's political attacks and malicious reporting.
Earlier, Park Sung-hoon, a spokesperson for the People Power Party, commented that Seo's direct request to Noh to promote measures against double voting was essentially a plea to increase the number of elected council members in her district, where multiple Democratic Party candidates were running. He pointed out that the Election Commission's secretary general responded to Seo's call within just nine minutes, while the commission had been unresponsive to the public.
Park criticized the appropriateness of a senior Democratic Party lawmaker directly contacting the central election commission chair to raise a concern on election day, stating, "While the Democratic Party claims to uphold fairness, their actions reflect privilege."
He further accused Seo of trying to evade responsibility by framing her actions as a "natural request for the realization of voting rights" and warned that she was threatening legal accountability in response to criticism. "If voting rights were truly important, why didn’t she speak up before the election?" he questioned.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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