Special counsel suspects NEC forged vote tally sheet in Gyeonggi education chief election

In a critical development on Tuesday, a special counsel team implicated a National Election Commission (NEC) employee in the falsification and concealment of a vote tally sheet for the Gyeonggi Province education superintendent election, held in June. To investigate these allegations, members of the independent counsel team spearheaded by Lee Tae-han traveled to the Gyeonggi provincial election commission and the Gwangju election commission, where they executed a search and seizure warrant.

According to the team, the suspect within the Gwangju election commission allegedly concealed and forged the vote tally sheet, subsequently attempting to conceal this misconduct and manipulate the final outcome. The team's investigation stems from the NEC's establishment in early September, primarily aimed at scrutinizing the causes behind the unprecedented ballot shortages observed during the nationwide local elections in June.