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Article 154
 

(Mailing of Ballot Papers to Abode Voters)


(1) Each Gu/Si/Gun election commission shall put a ballot paper (hereinafter referred to as “ballot paper for abode polling”) that shall be mailed to
each elector listed on the electoral register of reported abode voters (hereinafter referred to as “abode voter”) into an envelope for return with a bar code (referring to a code in the shape of a bar for recognition by computers, which shall contain records of the abode and name of the abode voter and the registration number on the electoral register necessary for the acceptance of the abode vote) marked thereon after cutting off the serial number of such a ballot paper, put the envelop into another envelop for dispatch, seal the envelop in the presence of party-recommended members of the Gu/Si/Gun election commission, and then dispatch to the abode voter by mail by not later than ten days before the election day. In such cases, a party-recommended member who fails to be present on time shall be deemed to renounce his/her right to witness the process.


<Amended by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005; Act No. 11374, Feb. 29, 2012; Act No. 12267, Jan. 17, 2014>


(2) Notwithstanding the provision of paragraph (1), the Gu/Si/Gun election commission concerned may resolve not to send a ballot paper for abode polling to a person who made a misrepresentation in his/her report or whose report is not deemed to have been made of his/her own free will. The resolution in such cases shall be entered in the records of mailing of ballot papers for abode polling.


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


(3) The Gu/Si/Gun election commission shall prepare a list of abode voters to whom it resolved not to send a ballot paper for abode polling under the
provisions of paragraph (2) and abode voters whose ballot papers for abode polling have been returned by not later than two days before the election day and notify the list to the competent Eup/Myeon/Dong election commissions by not later than the day immediately before the election day, and each Eup/Myeon/Dong election commission shall notify the list to the officials in charge of voting management without delay.


<Amended by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005; Act No. 12267, Jan. 17, 2014>


(4) Ballot papers for abode polling shall be dispatched or returned by registered mail, but postal charges therefor shall be borne by the State or each local government.


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


(5) The Gu/Si/Gun election commission shall enclose a letter informing of the voting method and other matters concerning the election with a ballot
paper dispatched for abode polling.


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


(6) Specifications and descriptions of envelopes for dispatching and returning ballot papers for abode polling and other necessary matters shall be
prescribed by Regulations of the National Election Commission.


<Newly Inserted by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005; Act No. 12267, Jan. 17, 2014>