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Article 154
 

(Transmission, etc. of Ballot Papers to Shipboard Voters)


(1) Each Gu/Si/Gun election commission shall prepare ballot papers (hereinafter referred to as “ballot papers for shipboard polling”) that shall
be dispatched to each elector listed on the electoral register of reported shipboard voters (hereinafter referred to as “shipboard voter”) and transmit
them by facsimile to the master of the ship (hereinafter referred to as “shipmaster”) aboard which the shipboard voter is, by not later than nine
days before the election day. In such cases, Article 154 (2) shall apply mutatis mutandis to shipboard voters who made a misrepresentation in his/her report or whose report is not deemed to have been made of his/her own free will.


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


(2) In preparing ballot papers for shipboard polling, the competent Gu/Si/Gun election commission shall divide it into the front section and the voting
section and shall put a blank for the identification of the elector, the Internet homepage address of the National Election Commission, from which the elector can find information about political parties and candidates for the competent constituency, and matters regarding the method for shipboard polling on the front section.


(3) Upon receipt of a ballot paper delivered for shipboard polling pursuant to paragraph (1), the shipmaster shall transfer it to the relevant shipboard voter immediately.


(4) Specifications and descriptions of ballot papers for shipboard polling, the participation of party-recommended members in the course of dispatching
ballot papers for shipboard polling, and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Regulations of the National Election Commission.


[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 11374, Feb. 29, 2012]