People Power Party's Joo Jin-woo: "Vote Count Results Falsely Entered at 57 Polling Stations in 22nd General Election"

People Power Party lawmaker Joo Jin-woo claimed today (November 1) that "vote counting results were falsely entered for a total of 57 voting precincts in the 22nd general election."

Holding a press conference at the National Assembly on this day, Joo said, "Following our previous review of the capital region, we examined the entire country and found that the numbers on handwritten vote counting status sheets and the vote counting results entered into the computer system differed from each other."

According to data released by Joo, 730 votes were falsely entered across 15 polling stations, while discrepancies in the number of eligible voters were found at 42 polling stations.

As an example, Joo stated that in the 2nd voting precinct of Sigi-dong, Jeongeup, North Jeolla Province, the total number of valid votes on the vote counting status sheet was zero, but 369 votes were recorded in the vote counting results.

In addition, in the 3rd voting precinct of Ilgwang-eup, Gijang County, Busan, the number of invalid votes was reportedly recorded differently, showing 225 votes on the vote counting status sheet but 4 votes in the vote counting results.

A discrepancy of about 19,400 eligible voters was also said to have been found across 42 polling stations.

In the 4th voting precinct of Songdo 4-dong, Yeonsu District, Incheon, the number of eligible voters on the vote counting status sheet was 5,871, but it was recorded as 3,790 in the vote counting results, showing about 2,000 fewer voters.

In the 1st voting precinct of Jeonha 1-dong, Dong District, Ulsan, the number of eligible voters on the vote counting status sheet was 1,701, but the vote counting results reflected 3,717, which was about 2,000 more.

Joo argued, "If the National Election Commission's fraudulent entry is at this level, we can no longer entrust them with election management. At this level, it is overwhelming just to manage the main election day. The early voting system must be completely abolished."

Joo added that he plans to visit the office of the special prosecutor team led by Lee Tae-han investigating the National Election Commission in Seocho District tomorrow afternoon to submit the relevant materials.

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