People cast their ballots at a polling station in Gangbuk District, northern Seoul, on May 30, the second and final day of early voting for the June 3 local elections. [YONHAP]
The early voting rate for Korea's ninth nationwide local elections reached 18.61 percent as of 2 p.m. Saturday, the second day of advance voting.
According to the National Election Commission on Saturday, 8,308,933 of the country's 44,649,908 eligible voters had cast ballots in early voting, which began at 6 a.m. Friday.
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The figure was 2.24 percentage points higher than the 16.37 percent early voting rate recorded at the same time during the eighth local elections in 2022.
