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Article 65
 

(Election Campaign Bulletins)


(1) Every candidate (referring to the political party that recommends its candidate in a presidential election and the political party that recommends
its candidates in an election of the proportional representative National Assembly members or an election of the proportional representative local council members; hereafter in this Article the same shall apply) may prepare Class-I booklet-type election campaign bulletins (including Class-I leaflet-type election campaign bulletins in the presidential election). Such an election campaign bulletin for an election of proportional representative National Assembly members or an election of proportional representative local council members shall contain the photograph, name, academic background, and career of each candidate recommended by each political party, as prescribed by Regulations of the National Election Commission.


<Amended by Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010; Act No. 11207, Jan. 17, 2012>


(2) The booklet-type election campaign bulletins referred to in paragraph (1) shall be printed in not more than 16 sheets for the presidential election,
in not more than 12 sheets for the election of the National Assembly members and the election of the heads of local governments and in not more than eight sheets for the election of the local council members, respectively and the leaflet-type election campaign bulletins shall be printed in one sheet (both sides may be printed).


(3) The number of booklet-type election campaign bulletins provided for in paragraph (1) shall not exceed the aggregate of the number of households
in the relevant constituency, the estimated number of persons who are expected to file an abode polling report, and the estimated number of applicants under paragraph (5), while the number of leaflet-type election campaign bulletins shall not exceed the number of the households in the relevant constituency.


<Amended by Act No. 11374, Feb. 29, 2012; Act No.12267, Jan. 17, 2014>


(4) Any candidate may prepare election campaign bulletins (hereinafter referred to as "Class-I election campaign bulletins in braille") other than the election campaign bulletins referred to in paragraph (1) for visually impaired electors (referring to visually impaired persons who are registered pursuant to Article 32 of the Welfare of Disabled Persons Act; the same shall apply hereafter in this Article). In such cases, Class-I election campaign bulletins in braille shall be prepared within the number of pages of booklet-type election campaign bulletins under paragraph (2).


<Amended by Act No. 8879, Feb. 29, 2008; Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010>


(5) A military person or a police officer who stays in a military base or a military ship for a long term according to an Act and subordinate statutes, among electors who can vote at an advance polling station, may request the competent Gu/Si/Gun election commission in writing or through the web-site of the National Election Commission to send booklet-type election campaign bulletins to his/her abode.


<Newly Inserted by Act No. 12267, Jan. 17, 2014>


(6) The election campaign bulletins shall be submitted and distributed in the manner specified in any of the following subparagraphs:


<Amended by Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010; Act No. 10981, Jul. 28, 2011; Act No. 11207, Jan. 17, 2012; Act No. 12267, Jan. 17, 2014>


1. A presidential election:


(a) Booklet-type election campaign bulletins (including election campaign bulletins in braille): Every candidate shall submit his/her booklet-type election campaign bulletins to the Gu/Si/Gun election commission having jurisdiction over the constituency, in which they are to be distributed, by not later than six days after the deadline for the registration of candidates (in cases of additional registration under Article 51, by not later than two days after the deadline for the additional registration), and the competent election commission  shall inspect them and dispatch them by mail to each household in the constituency under its jurisdiction within three days after the deadline for the submission and shall also dispatch them by mail to the electors listed on the electoral register for reported abode voters along with an abode ballot paper in accordance with Article 154;


(b) Leaflet-type election campaign bulletins: Every candidate shall submit his/her leaflet-type election campaign bulletins to the Gu/Si/Gun election commission having jurisdiction over the constituency, in which they are to be distributed, by not later than ten days after the deadline for the registration of candidates, and
the competent election commission shall inspect them and dispatch them by mail to each household in the constituency under its jurisdiction along with voting guidance leaflets referred to in Article 153. If any household is found to have not received booklet-type election campaign bulletins after the finalization of the electoral register, the competent election commission shall dispatch both booklet-type election bulletins and leaflet-type election bulletins to the household;


2. An election of National Assembly members or an election of local government council members or the heads of local governments: Every candidate shall submit his/her election campaign bulletins to the Gu/Si/Gun election commission having jurisdiction over the constituency, in which such bulletins are to be distributed, by not later than seven days after the deadline for the registration of candidates, and the competent election commission shall inspect such bulletins and shall dispatch them by mail to persons requesting to dispatch the bulletins in accordance with paragraph (5), by not later than ten days before the election day, and also dispatch them to each household, along with the voting guidance leaflets referred to in Article 153, and to each elector listed on the electoral register of reported abode voters, along with an abode ballot paper under Article 154, respectively. 


(7) The head of a Gu/Si/Gun shall take a census of visually impaired electors referred to in the provisions of paragraph (4) and the names and addresses of their householders and inform the competent Gu/Si/Gun election commission of the results of the census by not later than 20 days before the commencement date of the relevant election period.


<Amended by Act No. 12267, Jan. 17, 2014>


(8) Where the booklet-type election campaign bulletins are submitted for a presidential election or an election of the National Assembly members
from local constituencies, local council members of local constituencies. or the heads of local governments, the following contents (hereafter in this Article referred to as "open data on candidates") shall be published in the second page of such booklet-type election campaign bulletins, as prescribed by Regulations of the National Election Commission, supporting documents concerning matters that require explanation about the open data on candidates may be published along with such supporting documents. In such cases, the second page shall contain only open data on candidates and supporting documents therefor, and the contents of the open data published on candidates in election campaign bulletins in braille shall be identical with contents published in the booklet-type election campaign bulletins:


<Amended by Act No 7850, Mar. 2, 2006; Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010; Act No. 10981, Jul. 28, 2011; Act No. 12267, Jan. 17, 2014>


1. Total amount of property: The total amount of property owned respectively by the candidate, his/her spouse, lineal ascendants and descendants (excluding his/her married daughters, maternal grandfather and grandmother and daughters' children; hereafter in subparagraph 3 the same shall apply);


2. Military service: The ranks, the service periods, the area of service by the military branch, matters concerning the military service disposition and the grounds of the military service disposition of the candidate and his/her lineal descendant (excluding cases where the name of disease or the details of mental and physical impairment are requested not to be disclosed pursuant to Article 8 (3) of the Act on the Report and Disclosure of Military Service Records of Public Officials);


3. The payment and default records of the income tax, the property tax and the global real estate tax for the latest five years: The amount of payment by year and the amount of default by year (excluding the default of not more than 100 thousand won or for not more than three months) and the time of the payment in full (including the payment records of income tax withheld at source, the certificate of which is submitted pursuant to Article 49 (4) 4 but excluding the payment or default records of the lineal ascendant of the candidate who refuses to submit relevant certificates) of the candidate, his/her spouse and his/her lineal ascendant or descendant;


4. The criminal record: The name of crime, the punishment thereof and the confirmation date;


5. Personal matters concerning occupation, academic background and career: Matters entered in the application filed for the candidate registration.


(9) When a candidate fails to submit all or part of the booklet-type election campaign bulletins publicly notified under paragraph (12), he/she shall separately prepare open data on the candidate and submit them by not later than a deadline for the submission of the booklet-type election campaign bulletins pursuant to paragraph (6), and the open data on the candidate that have been received shall be sent along with the booklet-type election campaign bulletins when they are sent pursuant to paragraph (5). In such cases, when the candidate fails to submit all or part of the open data on the candidate by not later than a deadline due to a justifiable reason, he/she may submit such data until before dispatching booklet-type election campaign bulletins by mail, but, if the candidate fails to submit all or part of election campaign bulletins in braille, he/she may separately prepare open data in braille on the candidate and submit such data by not later than a deadline for the submission of election campaign bulletins in braille.


<Amended by Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010; Act No. 12267, Jan. 17, 2014>


(10) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), the election commission having jurisdiction over a constituency may require each candidate to submit the manuscript of his/her booklet-type election campaign bulletins stored in a magnetic computer disk or any similar medium in accordance with the forms provided by the election commission or to enter such manuscript in the web-site designated by the election commission at the time the candidate files an application for the registration of his/her candidacy pursuant to the provisions of Article 49 and then prepare and dispatch the election campaign bulletins of all candidates in one book in the order of the marks of candidates, which are to be entered in ballot papers under Article 150, (such as the order of priority in listing political
parties or candidates on ballot papers). In such cases, expenses incurred in printing the election campaign bulletins shall be borne by candidates.


<Amended by Act No. 12267, Jan. 17, 2014>


(11) When open data on a candidate are not included in the booklet-type election campaign bulletins (excluding election campaign bulletins in braille; hereafter the same shall apply in this paragraph), in contravention of paragraph (8), when the open data on a candidate are included in a page, other than the second page of the booklet-type election campaign bulletins, (excluding cases where open data on a candidate are included in the second page and the third page in a row, due to the lack of a space in the second page), when contents, other than the open data on a candidate and materials for explanation, are included in the second page, or when the standards and a deadline for the submission of election campaign bulletins are violated, the competent Gu/Si/Gun election
commission shall not accept such data.


<Newly Inserted by Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010; Act No. 12267, Jan. 17, 2014>


(12) The provisions of Article 64 (2) (latter part) through (8) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the election campaign bulletins. In such cases, "campaign posters" shall be deemed "election campaign bulletins",  "constituency therein the posters are required not to be pasted", shall be deemed "persons to whom or the constituency to which the election campaign bulletins are not required to be delivered", "posting" shall be deemed "delivery", "exceeding or falling short of the standards" shall be deemed "exceeding the standards" and "career, academic background, degree or reward and punishment (hereinafter referred to as the "career, etc.")" shall be deemed "career, etc. or open data on candidates", respectively.


<Amended by Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010; Act No. 12267, Jan. 17, 2014>


(13) The specifications, preparation, submission, confirmation, delivery, and publication of the election campaign bulletins, the application form for the dispatch of booklet-type election campaign bulletins, methods for disclosing data on candidates to the public, the manuscript of the election campaign bulletins, the calculation and payment of printing expenses, and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Regulations of the National Election Commission.


<Amended by Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010; Act No.12267, Jan. 17, 2014>


[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005]