Chaos and Disputes at Seongnam Vote Counting Centers: Observers Question Procedures and Oversight

On the evening of the 10th, vote counting is in full swing at the Seongnam Indoor Gymnasium, the counting center in Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si. Reporter Park Chae-ryeong

■ At the Bundang-gu vote counting center, shouts were heard even before the start.

○···Seongnam Indoor Gymnasium, the counting center for the 22nd National Assembly election at Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, around 6 p.m. on the 10th. About 30 observers gathered in one place and shouted at each other, causing a stir in the otherwise calm hall. Some observers suggested, “There are suspicions of election fraud, so let’s start counting the votes from early voting boxes,” which led to a scuffle with those who opposed the vote, saying, “We must follow the procedures.”

The election committee members also consistently answered, “We must follow the procedures,” while some observers countered with a pointed finger, saying, “There are cases in other districts where votes were counted from the early voting box, so why are you saying it can’t be done?”

■ “Why do you fold the ballot paper only once?”…Citizens who came to watch the vote counting constantly argue with the counting committee members and observers.

○···A man in his 60s who was watching the vote counting scene at around 7:30 pm on this day said, “When voting, you have to fold the election paper at least three times, but now I see that everyone only folded it once.” He said, “Who folds the ballot paper so roughly?” and “The proportional representation ballot paper is long, but it wasn’t even folded properly. “Even in this vote, I gave up three or four times,” he complained.

Mr. Kim also approached the observers and said, “The votes are being counted like this, but the observers are just watching. Some even say, “I don’t think they’re very interested.” He pointed to the snacks placed on the observation table and said, “I came to observe, I came to eat snacks,” frowning at the observation committee members.

On the afternoon of the 10th, officials are counting votes at the counting station for the 22nd National Assembly election set up at the Sanseong Indoor Badminton Court in Seongnam City. Reporter Oh Jong-min

■ “Why do you put that in there?” vs “I didn’t know because it was my first time”

○… Election bags along with ballot boxes began arriving at Sanseong Indoor Badminton Court, which was designated as the counting station in Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si, for the 22nd National Assembly election, around 6 PM on the 10th.

At 6:55, when the counting process was in full swing, a clerk put a bundle of ballot counting papers in another basket and tried to send it to the sorting machine operation department. Mr. A (35), a vote counting observer who was watching this, said, “You shouldn’t put it in that basket.” do. “Why are you trying to send me somewhere else?” he said angrily.

“It was my first time doing this, and the baskets were all the same, just the colors were different, so I was confused for a moment because I didn’t listen to the staff’s instructions properly,” the clerk explained. A scuffle almost broke out for a moment, but the situation ended as it was incinerated due to local dissuasion.

On the afternoon of the 10th, ballot papers are being sorted at the counting station installed at the Sanseong Indoor Badminton Court in Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si. Reporter Oh Jong-min

■ “Wait, don’t cross the line, right?”

○… At 7:50 p.m. at the Sanseong Indoor Badminton Court, which was designated as the counting center for the 22nd National Assembly election in Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si, a basket of ballots that had completed the opening and inspection process was placed in front of the sorting machine. As vote counting observers surrounded the area to watch the classification process, an argument broke out about the observation area.

An observer crossed the rectangular ‘observation area’ around the floor of the sorter operation department and put his face close to the sorter. One vote counting clerk said, “You must not come close to this area. “Get away quickly,” he shouted. The observer responded, “We need to see it up close.”

As the murmur grew louder as the argument over the line of the observation area was made, an employee of the National Election Commission explained, “The reason for dividing the observation area is that if the sorting machine is accidentally touched, it will stop, so we are strictly managing it to prevent such incidents.”

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