{"id":15282,"date":"2026-07-24T03:06:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=15282"},"modified":"2026-07-24T03:06:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:06:42","slug":"south-korean-investigators-raid-election-offices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=15282","title":{"rendered":"South Korean investigators raid election offices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnph.upi.com\/ph\/st\/th\/8201784843649\/2026\/upi_com\/8304306d7382ae8b3ea050d98a7bee6f\/v1.5\/South-Korean-investigators-raid-election-offices.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Police investigators enter the National Election Commission (NEC) headquarters in Gwacheon, South Korea, 11 June 2026. Police carried out searches and seizures as part of an investigation into ballot shortages that suspended voting at 26 polling stations during the 03 June local elections. Photo by YONHAP \/ EPA<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">July 23 (Asia Today) &#8212;<\/span> A joint prosecution and police investigation team raided South Korea&#8217;s national and local election offices Thursday after detecting suspected manipulation of voter turnout statistics connected to ballot shortages during the June 3 local elections.<\/p>\n<p>The team said investigators began searching the National Election Commission headquarters in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, as well as election commission offices in Seoul&#8217;s Songpa, Gangnam and Seocho districts.\n<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are also searching individuals suspected of involvement in the alleged false entry of voter turnout figures at the national and Gyeonggi provincial election commissions, the team said.<\/p>\n<p>The searches are part of an investigation into shortages of printed ballots that occurred at polling places during the local elections.<\/p>\n<p>The joint investigation team previously raided the National Election Commission and other locations June 11. Thursday&#8217;s searches were conducted to secure additional evidence concerning the causes of the shortages.<\/p>\n<p>The warrants reportedly list suspected falsification of public electronic records and obstruction of official duties.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators believe working-level election commission employees may have manually altered statistics in the computer system to conceal errors made when the figures were initially entered.<\/p>\n<p>Following the searches, the team plans to examine how the ballot shortages occurred and the process through which allegedly false turnout figures were entered.\n<\/p>\n<p>No findings of criminal wrongdoing have been finalized and the investigation remains underway.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8212; Reported by Asia Today; translated by UPI<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a9 Asia Today. 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