(Balloting Booths in Organizations or Facilities)

(1) The head of any of the following institutions and facilities that accommodate persons reported for polling at the abode under Article 38 (1) (hereafter in this Article referred to as “institutions and facilities”) shall report the name and location of the institution or facility, the number of persons reported for polling at the abode, etc. to the competent Gu/Si/Gun election commission by not later than three days after the end of the period set for the preparation of the electorial register: 

1. A hospital, sanitarium, asylum, prison, or detention center;

2. A residential facility for disabled persons, as defined under Article 58 (1) 1 of the Welfare of Disabled Persons Act.

(2) Upon receipt of a report under paragraph (1), the competent Gu/Si/Gun election commission shall publicly announce the name and location of
each institution or facility that accommodates persons reported for polling at the abode, the number of persons reported for polling at the abode, etc.

(3) The head of an institution or facility that accommodates not less than ten persons reported for polling at the abode shall determine the date, time,
and place for the installation of balloting booths and shall install balloting booths for the persons reported for polling at the abode.

(4) A candidate (referring to the political party recommending a candidate, in cases of a candidate recommended by a political party for a presidential
election; hereafter the same shall apply in this Article) or the manager of an election campaign office or the chief of an election campaign liaison office may request the head of an institution or facility that accommodates less than ten persons reported for polling at the abode to install balloting booths for polling at the abode within two days after the date of public announcement under paragraph (2). In such cases, the head of such an institution or facility shall comply with such a request, unless there is a good cause to the contrary.

(5) When the head of an institution or facility intends to install balloting booths in accordance with paragraph (3) or (4), he/she shall report thereon
to the competent Gu/Si/Gun election commission by not later than two days before the scheduled date of installation of the balloting booths, and
the competent Gu/Si/Gun election commission shall make a public announcement thereof upon receipt of such report.

(6) A candidate or the manager of an election campaign office or the chief of an election campaign liaison office may select one elector to observe
the polling process at the balloting booths installed and operated by the head of an institution or facility.

(7) The head of an institution or facility shall provide the place for the installation of balloting booths, along with balloting booths, chairs for
witnesses, and other necessary facilities.

(8) The form of the public announcement of the number of persons reported for polling at an institution or facility 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]