(Voting and Counting of Votes by Computer Systems)

(1) The National Election Commission shall promote the business computerization in order to swiftly and correctly manage such election
affairs as the voting, ballot-counting and others. 

(2) In the computerization of voting affairs management, the arrangement shall be made so as to guarantee the secrecy of voting, to make the voting by
the electors easy, to guarantee the witness by the political party or candidates, and to ensure the correction of errors in voting, prevention of invalid voting, and accuracy of voting, etc. 

(3) In the computerization of the management of ballot-counting affairs, the arrangement shall be made so as to make the counting of obtained votes
by political party or candidate correct, to make the verification of the voting results possible, and to guarantee the witness by the political party or candidates.

(4) The National Election Commission shall, in case where it intends to perform the business management of voting and ballot-counting by its
computerization, publicize it by means of the distribution of advice notes, the advertisement utilizing the press media and others, but the decision on
whether it shall be performed shall be made in consultation with the political parties that form negotiating groups in the National Assembly: Provided, That the foregoing shall not apply to the use of devises for the identification of voters and ballot paper printers under Articles 158 (2) and (3) and 218-18 (3) and machines or electronic computer systems under Article 178 (2).

<Amended by Act No. 6663, Mar. 7, 2002; Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005; Act No. 12267, Jan. 17, 2014>

(5) The National Election Commission may set up and operate the electronic election promotion council in which political parties that form negotiating
groups in the National Assembly participate for the consultations referred to in paragraph (4).

<Newly Inserted by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005>

(6) In the computerization of the management of election affairs such as voting, ballot-counting and others, the procedures for and methods of
voting and ballot-counting, the commission of computerization specialists as the voting and ballot-counting staff, the preparation, verification and
preservation of the programs for operating the computer systems, the composition and operation of the electronic election promotion council and
other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Regulations of the National Election Commission.

<Amended by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005>

[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 6265, Feb. 16, 2000]