(Establishment of Advance Polling Stations)

(1) Each Gu/Si/Gun election commission shall establish and operate advance polling stations, at which electors listed on the electoral register can vote,
for two days from five days before the election day (hereinafter referred to as the “advance polling period”).

(2) When a Gu/Si/Gun election commission establishes advance polling stations pursuant to paragraph (1), it shall publicly announce the names and locations of the polling stations and the period of establishment and operation by not later than nine days before the election day, notify the manager of each election campaign office or the chief of each election campaign liaison office, and post the public announcement at five places in each voting district within its jurisdiction. The foregoing shall also apply where it is intended to change the place for the establishment of an advance polling station.

(3) Each Gu/Si/Gun election commission shall appoint clerks in charge of advance polling, from among the persons specified in Article 147 (9) in
order to have them serve as assistants in administrative affairs for voting in the advance polling stations established pursuant to paragraph (1).

(4) Article 147 (3) through (7) and (10) shall apply mutatis mutandis with regard to the restrictions on places for the establishment of advance polling stations, cooperation in providing such places, facilities, cooperation in recommending clerks in charge of advance polling, etc.

<Amended by Act No. 12393, Feb. 13, 2014>

(5) Matters concerning the establishment, public announcement, and notification of advance polling stations and the commissioning of clerks in
charge of advance polling, and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Regulations of the National Election Commission.

[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 12267, Jan. 17, 2014]