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Jack Kim

UNCOVERED: S korea to overhaul elections after ballot shortage | History Defined

South Korea will overhaul its election process after shortages of ballot papers at local elections fuelled a public ‌outcry, the presidential office says.

While the public outcry over the incident has not yet grown to a level that could jeopardise President Lee Jae-myung or his party's majority in parliament, some protesters have accused Lee's liberals of playing a part in what they called "election fraud".

Lee has said the issue exposed by the incident was a matter of democratic integrity, not a conspiracy ‌to rig an ‌election.

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