On July 2, the National Assembly's Special Committee for Investigating Election Management visited the Songpa District Election Commission to examine the shortage of ballots that occurred during the June 3 local elections. Yoon Sang-hyun, a member of the ruling People Power Party and chairman of the committee, criticized the situation, stating, "South Korea's election management is worse than public restrooms."
Yoon expressed his concerns at the Songpa District Election Commission office, saying, "The inability to vote due to a lack of ballots is an election disaster that cannot be tolerated in 21st-century South Korea and undermines the foundation of democracy."
He added, "While K-pop, K-food, and K-culture are gaining global recognition, it is disheartening that we could not conduct elections due to a lack of K-paper."
Yoon pointed out, "There is K-paper available in public restrooms across the country; how can our election management be worse than that?"
He emphasized that the Songpa District Election Commission should not dismiss the incident as a mere administrative error or calculation mistake, but rather recognize it as a serious breach of democracy that deprives citizens of their voting rights.
Meanwhile, members of the special committee plan to move to the Olympic Park handball stadium, where election protests are taking place, to conduct an on-site verification.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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