▲ A voting guide that only listed informant A's husband and two deceased father-in-law. Mr. A, the head of the household, is missing from the electoral roll.
A woman in her 40s who has been deprived of her right to vote in the presidential election, which has been waiting for five years, is bursting with anger due to a public official's omission of the electoral roll.
Mr. A, 45, who lives in Guri-si, Gyeonggi-do, found her own name missing from her latest 20th presidential election ballot notice and her deceased father-in-law on it.
Strangely, he inquired at the district office where he resides and the National Election Commission, and he received an unbelievable and absurd answer.
Mr. A, who died on the 19th of last month, was unable to confirm the death report of her father-in-law while an employee of the comrades office checked her electoral roll.
She also put her father-in-law on the electoral roll and excluded Mr. A without even checking Mr. A's birth certificate, where her father-in-law's registration was expunged.
She was virtually deprived of her voting rights, and she protested to the Guri City Election Commission, and she heard that she could vote if she had her resident registration card.
She was however told that she could not vote for Mr. A's because she did not have a directory lookup.
She appealed to her that he would again allow her district office and the National Election Commission to somehow only vote until the 9th.
However, the office said, "I have inquired with the National Election Commission, but the electoral roll has already been confirmed, so it is impossible to vote in this presidential election."
The National Election Commission also said, "The list of electors was confirmed on the 25th of last month and it is difficult to revise." "It is a mistake of the office. It is a matter that cannot be held responsible. It is not known whether the state will compensate for damages. said.
However, the office showed a position to move on quietly rather than take responsibility for Mr. A's loss of voting rights.
A district office official said, "I have nothing to do with you," and said, "Even if there is an administrative lawsuit, it takes a long time to hire a lawyer and make a judgment.
He said, "I will work thoroughly in the future so that I will not be missed in the local elections."
Mr. A said, "I do not want to damage the individual employees in charge or ask for compensation. I want to point out the failure to properly manage one precious vote of the people, and it is personally very unfair."
(Photo = Provided by informant A, Yonhap News)