{"id":1277,"date":"2026-06-07T12:09:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T12:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1277"},"modified":"2026-06-07T12:09:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T12:09:55","slug":"south-korean-president-orders-probe-into-local-election-ballot-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1277","title":{"rendered":"South Korean president orders probe into local election ballot shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div><ul><li>Summary<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div>SEOUL, June 7 (Reuters) &#8211; South Korean \u200cPresident Lee Jae Myung called on Sunday for a thorough investigation into a ballot shortage that disrupted recent local elections, saying prosecutors and police would be involved.<\/div><div>&#8220;As one citizen and as \u200bthe president responsible for the government, I express deep regret,&#8221; Lee \u200bsaid in an X post.<\/div><div>Last week\u2019s local elections were hit by \u2060a ballot shortage that prevented some eligible voters from casting ballots. The head \u200bof the National Election Commission (NEC), the independent body that oversaw the vote, resigned \u200bafter the incident.<\/div><div>Thousands have since protested outside a ballot-counting site in Seoul, demanding a re-run.<\/div><h2>OPPOSITION CALLS FOR JOINT AUDIT<\/h2><div>Lee said the incident was &#8220;difficult to comprehend&#8221; and that the NEC&#8217;s response and explanations \u200bwere insufficient. He said he had asked parliament to conduct a fact-finding probe, \u200bestablish measures to prevent a repeat and discuss reform plans for the commission.<\/div><div>Jang Dong-hyeok, leader \u200cof \u2060the opposition conservative People Power Party, told a press conference on Sunday that he had visited the protests and called for a joint audit with Lee&#8217;s Democratic Party.<\/div><div>He said ballot shortages were especially severe in areas that lean conservative, but \u200bstopped short of calling \u200bfor a re-run, \u2060saying he would &#8220;obey whatever the people&#8217;s commands say&#8221;.<\/div><div>The Democratic Party swept major local races, but the opposition retained Seoul&#8217;s mayoralty, with incumbent \u200bOh Se-hoon winning another term.<\/div><div>The NEC said 50 of 14,300 \u200bpolling stations \u2060ran out of ballots, while voting was temporarily suspended at 22 due to delays in supplies. In Seoul, delays were reported at 12 locations in Songpa district, \u2060a conservative \u200bstronghold.<\/div><div>At one Songpa polling station, an angry \u200bcrowd blocked officials from moving ballot boxes to be counted after voting ended.<\/div><div><address><div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Brenda Goh\" class=\"wp-image-1251\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9f286cb109a7f33af6bcd357745c91c7.avif\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><div>Brenda Goh<\/div><\/div><div><ul><li><span><div><svg><title>Email<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>X<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>Instagram<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>Linkedin<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/address><\/div><\/div><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1275\">One person killed in attack in central Israel<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1273\">Explainer: How can retail investors buy shares in SpaceX\u2019s IPO?<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1272\">US troops, families adjust\u00a0to new normal of Iran war<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korean \u200cPresident Lee Jae Myung called on Sunday for a thorough investigation into a ballot shortage that disrupted recent local elections, saying prosecutors and police would be involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-1277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-asia-pacific"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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