On the 9th, the voting day of the 20th presidential election, voters are verifying their identities at a polling station set up in an eyeglasses store in Seoul. [Image source=Yonhap News]
[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] On the 9th, the day of the 20th presidential election, at a polling station in Yecheon, Gyeongbuk, an election commission began an investigation after a voter who did not vote was marked as having already voted on the list.
According to the Yecheon County Election Commission on the 9th, voter A discovered that their name was marked as a "voted person" while checking their name to vote at the polling station set up at Nambu Elementary School in Yecheon County, Gyeongbuk, that morning.
The police and the election commission are investigating the circumstances under which A's name was marked as having voted.
A representative of the Yecheon County Election Commission said, "A non-voter's name was marked as a voted person, and we are looking into the circumstances."
Suspicions of identity theft for voting are spreading rapidly, especially in the affected area.
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