수정 또 수정, 수천표 '오락가락'..선관위 "단순 실수로 보인다" / SBS 8뉴스

Anchor It has been revealed that during the recent June 3 local elections, there were as many as 72 instances where the National Election Commission (NEC) requested corrections, claiming that it had incorrectly entered the number of voters into the computer system. In some places, there was a difference of thousands of people before and after the correction, but the NEC explained that most were simple errors. Reporter Park Chan-beom reports. Reporter This is the 'History of Reports on Corrections to Voter Counts by Hourly Hour on the Day of the Main Voting for the June 3 Local Elections,' submitted to the National Assembly by the National Election Commission. Among the 255 city, county, and district election commissions nationwide, 56—approximately 20%—requested 72 corrections to the number of voters. In several cases, the difference before and after the correction amounted to thousands of people. At the Geomdan-gu Election Commission in Incheon, the number of voters increased by 6,611 as of 4 PM following the correction. At the time, they only stated that they were making corrections because the figures tallied by polling station did not match. However, when asked by SBS why the corrections were necessary, the Incheon City Election Commission replied, "Our response is limited because the Joint Investigation Headquarters of the Prosecutors and Police is currently investigating the entire Election Commission." The Election Commission in Sangdang-gu, Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, also saw the number of voters increase by 4,248 as of 5 PM due to an input error, while the Election Commission in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, saw the number of voters increase by 3,997 at 12 PM due to an omission. The Election Commission in Seobuk-gu, Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, initially corrected the number of voters as of 8 AM from 13,145 to 6,000, only to correct it back to 13,146. An official from the relevant Election Commission explained to SBS, "We have not identified the exact reason, but it appears to be a simple mistake." [Kim Eun-hye / People Power Party Member of Parliament: It can be said that the voter turnout, which should be the most basic and accurate measure, was determined and corrected in a haphazard manner. This is why the special prosecutor investigation must proceed rigorously without any sacred cows.] Meanwhile, it has been revealed that two requests for public audits were received after the 2024 general election to investigate allegations of voter count and turnout manipulation. However, the National Election Commission (NEC) dismissed or rejected these requests at the time, citing reasons such as ongoing lawsuits regarding allegations of election fraud. (Video Coverage: Lee Seung-hwan, Shin Dong-hwan; Video Editing: Wi Won-yang; Design: Jo Su-in, Hwang Se-yeon, Lee Ga-jin) #SBSNews #News #Realtime Copyright Ⓒ SBS. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction, redistribution, and use for AI learning are prohibited.