(Voting Methods of Overseas Election)

(1) In an overseas election, an overseas elector shall go to an overseas polling place to cast a ballot, and in a presidential election and an election of members of local constituencies for the National Assembly, the name or mark of a candidate or the name of a party which a candidate belongs to shall be directly written on a ballot paper in Korean or Arabic numerals, and in an election of proportional representative National Assembly members, the name of a party or its mark shall be directly written on a ballot paper in Korean or Arabic numerals: Provided, That where ballot papers are prepared and delivered pursuant to Article 218-18 (3) or (4) (limited to only a presidential election), a ballot shall be cast by the method of marking on a ballot paper pursuant to the main sentence of Article 159.

<Amended by Act No. 10981, Jul. 28, 2011>

(2) Overseas votes shall arrive at the competent Gu/Si/Gun election commissions by not later than 6 p.m. (referring to 8 p.m. for an election to fill up a presidential vacancy or re-election) on the election day.

<Amended by Act No. 10981, Jul. 28, 2011>

(3) If an overseas elector has returned home with a ballot paper, he/she may cast a vote at an advance polling station under Article 148.

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

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