Two Songpa election officials charged, questioned over ballot shortage

The pair are accused of failing to take action despite being able to anticipate that a polling station could have run out of ballots.

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Two officials at the Songpa District election commission have been charged with suspicion of dereliction of duty and summoned for questioning in connection with the ballot shortage during the June 3 local elections.

The commission's election affairs officer and a division head were questioned as suspects by the joint police-prosecution task force investigating the ballot shortage on Tuesday, according to legal sources.

The two were accused of failing to take preventive measures even though they could have anticipated that a particular polling station might run out of ballots on election day.

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They are also suspected of ignoring requests from polling stations for additional ballots.

This marks the first time the task force has directly questioned suspects it charged.


BY SHIN HYE-YEON [kim.hayoon1@joongang.co.kr]

This article was originally written in Korean and translated by a bilingual reporter with the help of generative AI tools. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.

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