An exit pollster conducts a survey outside the sixth polling station for Noryangjin 1-dong, set up at Bondong Elementary School in Dongjak-gu, Seoul, on Wednesday afternoon during the 9th nationwide simultaneous local elections. Photo by Lim Se-jun
An exit pollster conducts a survey outside the sixth polling station for Noryangjin 1-dong, set up at Bondong Elementary School in Dongjak-gu, Seoul, on Wednesday afternoon during the 9th nationwide simultaneous local elections. Photo by Lim Se-jun

The National Election Commission moved to address a ballot shortage that disrupted voting at some polling stations in Songpa-gu, Seoul, during Wednesday's local elections.

The commission said Wednesday that ballots had run short at several Songpa-gu polling stations and that the district election commission was transporting additional ballots to the affected sites.

The commission added that voters already in line would be allowed to cast their ballots even after the official closing time, and urged the public not to assume that voting on Wednesday had become impossible due to the shortage.


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