SEOUL—Demonstrations demanding a new election shifted on June 6 to a vote-counting center in Seoul following a ballot shortage controversy during the June 3 election to select local government heads, local council members, and superintendents of education across South Korea.
On the afternoon of June 6, approximately 20,000 citizens—based on unofficial police estimates—had gathered around the vote-counting center established at the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in Seoul’s Songpa District.
Participants called for a new election while waving South Korean flags and holding handmade signs.
Protesters described their actions as “peaceful citizen monitoring.” They said that following reports of ballot shortages, delayed voting, and some voters allegedly leaving polling stations without being able to vote, they could not rely solely on election authorities and government agencies to address the situation….
20,000 Gather Outside Vote-Counting Center in South Korea, Demand New Nationwide Election
