Council of Europe - Venice Commission

KOREA - Public Offical Election Act

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Article 162

(Advance Polling Witnesses)

(1) An official in charge of advance polling management shall permit advance polling witnesses to observe the polling process.

(2) A political party, a candidate, an election campaign manager, or the chief of an election campaign liaison office shall select two advance polling witnesses for each candidate for each advance polling station and shall report on the selection in writing to the competent Gu/Si/Gun election commission by not later than seven days before the election day, but may replace the witnesses with other persons at any time after reporting, as necessary, and may report on such replacement at an advance polling station during the advance polling period.

(3) If there is no advance polling witness selected in accordance with paragraph (2) or if there are advance polling witnesses selected only by a candidate, the competent Gu/Si/Gun election commission may select advance polling witnesses to fill the vacancies to the extent that the number of witnesses reaches four persons, from among electors, with the electors’ consent thereto.

(4) The provisions of Article 161 (6), (7), and (9) through (12) shall apply mutatis mutandis to advance polling witnesses. In such cases, the term
"Eup/Myeon/Dong election commission" shall be construed as the "competent Gu/Si/Gun election commission", the term "official in charge of voting management" as "official in charge of advance polling management", and the term "voting witness" as "advance polling witnesses".

(5) The form of the report on advance polling witnesses and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Regulations of the National Election
Commission.