The head of the election watchdog has resigned over the ballot paper row, but authorities have not offered to hold a new vote, sparking protests. Dozens of polling stations nationwide were short of around 7,000 ballot papers on election day, official data showed. The local election was the first nationwide vote since President Lee Jae Myung took office following conservative Yoon Suk Yeol's ouster over his brief martial law declaration in late 2024.
The head of the election watchdog has resigned over the ballot paper row, but authorities have not offered to hold a new vote, sparking protests.
South Korean protesters walk past messages calling for a rerun of the local elections due to a shortage of ballot papers outside a vote-counting centre in Seoul on Jun 10, 2026. Add CNA as a trusted source to help Google better understand and surface our content in search results. Dozens of polling stations nationwide were short of around 7,000 ballot papers on Jun 3 election day, official data showed.
The supplies were eventually replenished on voting day, but the mishap fuelled fury in a nation where unfounded claims of vote tampering have found a growing audience. The local election was the first nationwide vote since President Lee Jae Myung took office following conservative Yoon Suk Yeol's ouster over his brief martial law declaration in late 2024.
Lee's ruling liberal Democratic Party won most races in the vote for mayors, local government officials and assembly members, but failed to flip the critical Seoul mayoral seat.over the ballot paper row, but authorities have not offered to hold a new vote, sparking huge protests at the weekend. South Korean protesters wave the national flags outside a vote-counting centre in Seoul on Jun 10, 2026, to call for a rerun of the local elections due to a shortage of ballot papers.
"We are determined to protest because people are universally outraged regardless of political affiliation," Hwang In-seo of Yonsei University's student council, told AFP. Analysts say the National Election Commission, a constitutional body with limited external oversight, has long faced gaps in internal discipline and review mechanisms.
A Seoul court this week ordered evidence from an affected polling station in the capital be preserved for investigation, while local media reported prosecutors and police had agreed to set up a joint investigation team.
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