"All Cases Except Ongoing Ones Were Dismissed, Rejected, or Withdrawn"
"Most Lawsuits Based on Unverified Conspiracy Theories"
"Irresponsible Election Fraud Agitation Must Stop"
Democratic Party lawmaker Hwang Jeong-a drew a line against allegations of election fraud directed at the National Election Commission (NEC) based on past lawsuit conclusions.
On the 23rd, Rep. Hwang stated, "All election fraud-related lawsuits filed against the NEC in the past five years that have been concluded resulted in victories for the NEC." Analyzing the data received from the NEC, she found that a total of 182 election fraud-related lawsuits were filed during the 21st and 22nd general elections (2020 and 2024) and the 20th presidential election (2022).
Among these, excluding the 32 ongoing lawsuits, the remaining 150 cases were all dismissed, rejected, or withdrawn, ending in victories for the defendant NEC. Regarding the 21st general election, a plaintiff named Park claimed, "2.5 million fraudulent votes came from early voting, and 2.5 million shadow voters violated the Public Official Election Act, Resident Registration Act, Political Parties Act, National Security Act, and others."
Rep. Hwang explained the reasons for the lawsuits as "mostly unverified conspiracy theories related to early voting, such as differences in vote rates between early voting and election day voting caused by external forces' interference." She added, "Only swift judicial procedures against internal rebellion forces can prevent conspiracy theories that exacerbate social chaos," emphasizing, "Irresponsible election fraud agitation, which continues to lose in courts, must stop."
Meanwhile, the NEC recently denied allegations that Chinese nationals interfered in domestic elections. In a 'fact inquiry response' related to election management submitted to the Constitutional Court, the NEC explained, "Article 146-2, Paragraph 2 of the Public Official Election Act stipulates that voting managers and early voting managers must be appointed from among government officials of the state or local governments or faculty and staff of schools at all levels," adding, "To prevent unnecessary misunderstandings, the election procedure manual was revised on November 30, 2023, to prohibit appointing anyone other than a South Korean citizen as a voting or counting staff member."
Furthermore, the NEC stated, "We cannot help but feel devastated and sorrowful over the baseless election fraud conspiracy theories that caused armed martial law troops to enter and occupy the NEC’s Gwacheon office, Gwanak office, and Suwon Election Training Center," emphasizing, "Election fraud conspiracy theories not only undermine the reliability of the election system, which is the foundation of democracy, but also spread distorted information about elections widely and rapidly among the public, fostering discord and conflict among citizens over election results."
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