(Preparation of Ballot Papers and Boxes)
(1) Each Gu/Si/Gun election commission shall prepare and make ballot papers and boxes to deliver them to the Eup/Myeon/Dong election commission
by the day before the election day and the Eup/Myeon/Dong election commission shall, upon receiving them, turn over them to the officials in charge of voting management after keeping the ballot papers in the sealed state together with ballot boxes.
<Amended by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005>
(2) In the voting for one election, two ballot boxes shall not be used at the same time at each voting district, and by voting districts.
<Amended by Act No. 7189, Mar. 12, 2004>
(3) The ballot boxes to be used at an advance polling station (hereinafter referred to as "advance ballot boxes") and the ballot boxes to be used for
keeping ballot papers safe (hereinafter referred to as "mail ballot boxes") shall be prepared separately, but the number of such ballot boxes shall be
determined by each Gu/Si/Gun election commission in consideration of the estimated number of advance voters, the number of persons reported for
polling at the abode, and the number of persons reported for shipboard polling.
<Amended by Act No. 12267, Jan. 17, 2014>
(4) A ballot paper shall bear the official seal of the competent Gu/Si/ Gun election commission as prescribed by Regulations of the National Election
Commission. In such cases, the official seal may be substituted by a printed seal.
(5) When the Gu/Si/Gun election commission delivers ballot papers that it prints to the Eup/Myeon/Dong election commission that shall in turn keep
them after sealing them and then turn over the sealed ballot papers together with ballot boxes to the officials in charge of voting management, the Gu/Si/Gun or Eup/Myeon/Dong election commission shall allow party recommended members of the relevant election commission to observe a serious of these courses. In such cases, if any party-recommended member fails to observe them, he/she shall be deemed to renounce his/her observation.
<Amended by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005>
(6) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (5), the Gu/Si/Gun election commission shall instruct the official in charge of advance polling management to produce ballot papers to be distributed at advance polling stations with a ballot paper printer at advance polling stations. In such cases, the serial numbers printed on the ballot papers shall be marked in the form of bar code (referring to a code marked in the shape of a bar for recognition by computer), and such a bar code may contain the name of election, the name of constituency, and the name of the competent election commission.
<Newly Inserted by Act No. 12267, Jan. 17, 2014>
(7) If necessary for the elector who is unable to record his/her vote in person due to a visual impairment, the Gu/Si/Gun election commission may make
and use a special ballot paper or voting aid as prescribed by Regulations of the National Election Commission.
(8) Standards for ballot papers and boxes, the sealing, keeping and transferring of the ballot papers and other necessary matters shall be
determined by Regulations of the National Election Commission.
<Newly Inserted by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005>
