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In tomorrow's (9th) voting, corona confirmed and quarantined people can put their votes directly into the same ballot box as general voters.

The National Election Commission has issued follow-up measures for poor management of advance voting, but the criticism is still continuing.



Reporter Hwa Kang-yoon reports.



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Yesterday (7th), the National Election Commission held an emergency plenary meeting.



[Roh Jeong-hee/Chairman of the National Election Commission: (There is a lot of public distrust, what do you think?) I will tell you after the



meeting.] As a result of the meeting, we decided not to operate a temporary voting booth for the confirmed and quarantined people who were a problem in the early voting in the voting tomorrow .

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Instead, after all general voters vote at 6 pm, voting for confirmed cases and quarantined people was held at the same place, so that the ballots they had voted for were put directly into the same ballot box.



[Kim Jae-won / Director of Election Bureau of the National Election Commission: (Election Day) From 6:00 to 7:30, it is only for electors such as confirmed cases.

Therefore, general electors must arrive at the polling place before 6 o'clock.]



This is to block the controversy about proxy voting or ballot disclosure caused by our own regulations that have election clerks walk the ballot papers instead.



The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) also recommended that confirmed cases and quarantined people move past 5:50 pm at the earliest, saying that it will minimize the overlap of movement lines with general voters.



The National Election Commission predicted that there will be less congestion tomorrow as there are four times more polling places than in advance voting.



However, public opinion to hold the Election Commission accountable is growing stronger.



Civic groups have accused Roh Jeong-hee, chairman of the National Election Commission, on charges of abuse of power and neglect of duties, and political parties from the opposition parties have also voiced their voices on the need to reprimand those involved in the National Election Commission.



Chairman Roh Jeong-hee, chairman of the National Election Commission, is giving a public discourse to encourage participation in voting today, and it is expected that he will also reveal his position on the poor management of advance voting.