{"id":2204575,"date":"2024-04-09T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T23:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/?p=2204575"},"modified":"2024-04-08T14:39:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T05:39:59","slug":"south-koreas-election-commission-refutes-claims-of-advance-voting-manipulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/04\/south-koreas-election-commission-refutes-claims-of-advance-voting-manipulation\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea\u2019s election commission refutes claims of advance voting manipulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hwang Kyo-ahn, who served as South Korea\u2019s acting president from Dec. 2016 to May 2017 after President Park Geun-hye\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nknews.org\/2016\/12\/with-parks-impeachment-passed-what-happens-now\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">impeachment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/promisehwang\/posts\/pfbid0MzbJHweA7zdHu486JjL7KJrLpSrzzHy8V8UufD7DgNECDDnWHSf8EzjNy5q2y8Xfl\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">alleged<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on April 8 that election officials were manipulating advance voting in the April 10 general election. He pointed to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?app=desktop&amp;si=lgwG0XNQDdZjJtKk&amp;v=tmmVyFn6Do4&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;fbclid=IwAR27FYvdG-m4xd_YSwiq1dO7KnH8daJxqluL2jiKQOmLTWhXDWt2j9TKcLM_aem_AcyTuWCwR8sUl6EQgk3Sov3yZyRaBN4g-kaoPLr0eyTOi1qB2ie01jhEZnqN2cOpcqMAPpMoVgQ1uBTg-0NKDK-7\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">video<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recording from 3 a.m. on April 7 showing election officials in Seoul\u2019s Eunpyeong district appearing to handle a large volume of external ballots and changes to voting procedures as supposed evidence of fraud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Korea\u2019s National Election Commission <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nec.go.kr\/site\/nec\/ex\/bbs\/View.do?cbIdx=1090&amp;bcIdx=232288\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dismissed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the allegations as unfounded later on April 7, stating the video depicts a normal process where ballots are received by mail and inserted into ballot boxes with oversight from party-nominated officials. The commission emphasized that the courts have rejected previous election lawsuits alleging fraud and warned against inciting public distrust through unsubstantiated claims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Why It Matters<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hwang\u2019s allegations of election fraud on April 8 are not isolated incidents. He has previously made similar claims about the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joongang.co.kr\/article\/25052028#home\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2022 presidential election<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hani.co.kr\/arti\/politics\/politics_general\/1082835.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2023 People Power Party leadership vote<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hwang\u2019s comments and the YouTube video he referenced have led some South Korean voters to claim on social media that the election was fraudulent. Whether intentional or not, these claims erode the perceived legitimacy of the elections and may exacerbate political polarization and distrust in institutions and the media. This, in turn, will likely amplify extreme voices on social media platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Korea has strict voter identification procedures, requiring voters to present their national ID cards or driver\u2019s licenses, which election officials scan and match against the government\u2019s database before they issue ballots to voters. The National Election Commission <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nec.go.kr\/site\/nec\/ex\/bbs\/View.do?cbIdx=1090&amp;bcIdx=232268\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a record-high 31.28% voter turnout for early voting.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/domestic-politics\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Domestic Politics<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hwang Kyo-ahn, who served as South Korea\u2019s acting president from Dec. 2016 to May 2017 after President Park Geun-hye\u2019s impeachment, alleged on April 8 that election officials were manipulating advance voting in the April 10 general election. He pointed to a video recording from 3 a.m. on April 7 showing election officials in Seoul\u2019s Eunpyeong [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10407,"featured_media":2204578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[27],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>South Korea\u2019s election commission refutes claims of advance voting manipulation - KOREA PRO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/04\/south-koreas-election-commission-refutes-claims-of-advance-voting-manipulation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South Korea\u2019s election commission refutes claims of advance voting manipulation - KOREA PRO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hwang Kyo-ahn, who served as South Korea\u2019s acting president from Dec. 2016 to May 2017 after President Park Geun-hye\u2019s impeachment, alleged on April 8 that election officials were manipulating advance voting in the April 10 general election. 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