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Article 147
 

(Establishment of Polling Stations)


(1) The Eup/Myeon/Dong election commission shall set up a polling station in every voting district under its jurisdiction by no later than the day
following the election day.


<Amended by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005> 


(2) A polling station shall be established at the schools within the voting districts, governmental offices such as Eup/Myeon/Dong offices, etc.,
public institutions, offices of organizations, citizens' hall, and other places where the electors may conveniently make their voting: Provided, That
where there is no adequate place to establish a polling station in the relevant voting district, it may be established within other neighboring voting districts.


<Amended by Act No. 7189, Mar. 12, 2004; Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005>


(3) When the heads of schools, public offices, public institutions and organizations have received a request for cooperation in the use of places for establishing the polling stations from the election commission, they shall preferentially comply therewith.


<Newly Inserted by Act No. 7189, Mar. 12, 2004>


(4) A polling station shall not be established in a military camp and religious facilities: Provided, That the same shall not apply to religious facilities,
when an appropriate place for polling stations can not be found.


<Amended by Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010>


(5) A polling station shall be provided with balloting booths, voting boxes, seats for witnesses, and other facilities necessary for the management of
voting.


<Amended by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005> 


(6) A balloting booth shall be installed in such a manner that other persons can not peep into it, and shall have no marks.


(7) A political party, candidate, election campaign manager, or chief of the election campaign liaison office may demand any correction to the
installation of a polling station. 


(8) Upon installing polling stations provided in paragraph (1), the Eup/Myeon/Dong election commission, shall publicly announce the names and seats of the polling stations by no later than 10 days before the election day: Provided, That if any natural disaster, terrestrial upheaval, or other inevitable reasons exist, the election commission concerned may change them, and in such cases, it shall immediately announce them to the electors.


<Amended by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005>


(9) The Eup/Myeon/Dong election commission shall commission the voting clerks, from among persons falling under any one of the following
subparagraphs, but their names shall be announced by no later than three days before the election day:


<Amended by Act No. 6265, Feb. 16, 2000; Act No. 6663, Mar. 7, 2002; Act No. 7189, Mar. 12, 2004; Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005; Act No. 8232, Jan. 3, 2007; Act No. 9974, Jan. 25, 2010; Act No. 10303, May. 17, 2010>


1. State public officials under Article 2 of the State Public Officials Act and local public officials under Article 2 of the Local Public Officials Act: Provided, That public officials in the occupational categories of correction, protection, prosecutory affairs, narcotics investigation, immigration control and railroad police, from among public officials in general service in the occupational group of administrative service, public officials in extraordinary service other than educational public officials, and public officials in political service shall be excluded;
2. Teachers and staff of schools of each level;
3. Employees of banks under Article 2 of the Banking Act;
4. Employees of the agencies provided in Article 53 (1) 4 through 6;
5. Impartial and neutral persons who have an ability to assist the voting affairs.


(10) Upon receipt of a request from an election commission to recommend voting clerks, the head of an institution or organization specified in any
provision of paragraph (9) 1 through 4 shall comply with such request preferentially.


<Newly Inserted by Act No. 12393, Feb. 13, 2014>


(11) The installation of a polling station, the public announcement of the names of voting clerks, and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by
the Regulations of the National Election Commission. <Amended by Act No. 12393, Feb. 13, 2014>