On June 3, during the local elections, it was disclosed on August 4 that the National Election Commission had provided instructions to regional and metropolitan election offices, stating, “Errors in voter counts should generally not be corrected, but modifications can be made when submitting the next report.”
The National Election Commission emailed provincial and metropolitan election commissions on the morning of the election, stating, “Even if there is a mistake in the voter count, it should not be corrected in principle, but if a correction is unavoidable, permission from the responsible officer of the National Election Commission must be obtained.” It further noted, “As long as there are no significant errors in the current voter count reports, adjustments can be made during the next reporting period.” This contradicts the commission’s earlier “Comprehensive Management Guidelines,” which stated, “If corrections to the input data are required, the reason must be clearly explained, and the provincial or metropolitan committee must thoroughly verify whether the correction is justified before deciding to approve it.”
A representative from the National Election Commission, who shared the guidelines, reportedly mentioned during a recent inquiry conducted by the Joint Investigation Headquarters of Prosecutors and Police, “If the voter count is revised each time an error is found, the total might change several times, possibly causing confusion about ‘election fraud.’ Hence, we provided instructions permitting modifications during the reporting process, unless there is a significant mistake.”
The Central Investigative Office is examining locations such as Gimpo and Uiwang in Gyeonggi Province, along with Jincheon in Chungcheongbuk-do, where fraudulent entries in voter statistics were verified. In these areas, it is claimed that hundreds of voters were mistakenly listed as thousands, with staff hiding the mistake by shifting the extra numbers to other polling stations within the same district without informing higher authorities. It has been discovered that an official from the National Election Commission instructed regional and metropolitan commissions on this corrective approach.
Another member of the National Election Commission is said to have developed and distributed an Excel document—a type of “manipulation manual”—which outlined the number of voters to be input according to time slots, following questions about managing voter count mistakes. This individual partially acknowledged involvement in making the Excel file. The Joint Investigation Headquarters is now examining how high within the commission this “manipulation manual” was communicated.
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