Police raid election commission offices over vote count errors in Jeonbuk

Police have launched a forced investigation into the Jeonbuk Provincial Election Commission and its affiliated offices concerning alleged computer input errors during the vote count for the Jeonbuk education superintendent election. The Jeonbuk Provincial Police Agency's Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Investigation Unit conducted searches and seizures at the provincial commission's office and the Wansan-gu district office on the morning of June 18.

The errors reportedly occurred during the vote tabulation process, where vote counts from a specific polling station were incorrectly recorded as belonging to a different station. This led to the omission of 1,104 votes and the duplication of 994 votes. Police are investigating the election commission's actions following the discovery of these discrepancies.

Specifically, investigators are examining why the Jeonbuk Provincial Election Commission allegedly received a verbal report about the input errors from the Wansan-gu Election Commission on the day after the election but failed to inform the Election Commission committee meeting held later that same day. Police suspect this inaction may have obstructed the duties of election committee members.

Based on this, police have booked and are investigating relevant individuals on charges including obstruction of public duty by deception. The investigation aims to determine the extent of the errors, the reasons behind them, and any potential deliberate actions or negligence by election officials.