{
  "id": 16014005,
  "title": "6 more election offices entered false voter turnout data: special counsel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/6-more-election-offices-entered-false-voter-turnout-data-special-16014005",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T07:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20261022/6-more-election-offices-entered-false-voter-turnout-data-special-counsel"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A special counsel team revealed on Thursday that six more local election commissions have been found to have entered incorrect voter turnout data during the June 3 local elections, raising the total to 36 commissions. The investigation, spearheaded by Lee Tae-han's team, has been examining various suspicions concerning the National Election Commission (NEC), the country's election watchdog. The team's findings follow a previous disclosure of 30 local commissions that had entered inaccurate voter turnout figures. Lee's team conducted searches, analyzed seized items, and questioned officials to uncover the additional six commissions. These commissions are located in Chungju and Nonsan in North Chungcheong Province, two districts in Changwon in South Gyeongsang Province, Sangju in North Gyeongsang Province, and Gangneung in Gangwon Province.",
  "summary": "A special counsel team said Thursday that six additional local election commissions have been found to have falsely entered voter turnout data during the June 3 local elections, bringing the total to 36 commissions. Special counsel Lee Tae-han's team has been investigating various suspicions surrounding the National Election Commission (NEC), the state election watchdog, after unprecedented…",
  "key_points": [
    "Special counsel team found 6 more election offices with false voter turnout data.",
    "Total now stands at 36 local commissions with incorrect data.",
    "Investigations focus on NEC, the country's election watchdog."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The expanding list of commissions reporting incorrect voter turnout data undermines the reliability of the National Election Commission and suggests systemic inaccuracies within the country's local election administration.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "6 more election offices entered false voter turnout data: special counsel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/6-more-election-offices-entered-false-voter-turnout-data-special",
        "published": "2026-10-22T06:50:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "6 more election offices entered false voter turnout data: special counsel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/6-more-election-offices-entered-false-voter-turnout-data-special-16017684",
        "published": "2026-10-22T08:27:02.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}