(Raising of Objection to and Appeal of Dissatisfaction with Overseas Electoral Register, etc.)

(1) When an elector finds that a legitimate elector is omitted or wrong contents are written or an unqualified person is enrolled in the overseas electoral register, etc. in the period for perusal of the overseas electoral register, etc., he/she may raise an objection to the person having the right to prepare the register verbally or in writing, and the relevant person having the right to prepare the register shall examine and decide by the next day of the date when such objection is raised. 

(2) Any person raising an objection or any interested person who is dissatisfied with a decision of the head of Gu/Si/Gun based on an objection under paragraph (1) may appeal dissatisfaction with the competent Gu/ Si/Gun election commissions in writing by the next day of the date when he/she has received such notification. 

(3) In cases where a legitimate elector is found to have been omitted in the overseas electoral register, etc. from among the persons who have applied for registration of overseas electors or made a report of overseas absentees by an error of the person having the right to prepare the register or by other reason from the next day of the expiration date of the period for raising an objection under paragraph (1) to the date prior to the date when the overseas electoral register, etc. are decided upon, the relevant elector may file an application for registration with the person having the right to prepare the register in writing with explanatory data attached thereto.

(4) If the relationship between a person who filed an application for the registration of an overseas elector by proxy and a person who filed an application for the registration of the overseas elector is not a family as defined in the latter part of Article 218-5 (1) 1, the elector may file an objection pursuant to paragraph (1). In such cases, the National Election Commission shall verify the family relationship with a certificate specified in any subparagraph of Article 15 (1) of the Act on the Registration, etc. of Family Relationship and issued by the competent authority and shall delete the person who files the application for the registration from the overseas electoral register, if it discovers that the person is not a family member as defined in the latter part of Article 218-5 (1) 1.

<Newly Inserted by Act No. 11485, Oct. 2, 2012>

(5) A notice of the details of a decision upon an objection raised, an appeal of dissatisfaction or an application for registration in the overseas electoral register, etc. may be posted on the Internet homepage established and being operated by the person having the right to prepare the register, or transmission of an electronic mail may take the place thereof.

<Amended by Act No. Act No. 11485, Oct. 2, 2012>

(6) When finding that the same person is on both the overseas electoral register and the register of reported overseas absentees by the day preceding the date when the electoral register becomes final, a person having the right to prepare the register shall list such person listed on the two registers on either the overseas electoral register or the register of reported overseas absentees, according to the last-accepted application for registration of overseas electors or to the last-accepted report of overseas absentees.

<Newly Inserted by Act No. 10981, Jul. 28, 2011; Act No. 11485, Oct. 2, 2012>

[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 9466, Feb. 12, 2009]