An eligible voter casts their vote for the local elections at a polling station in Dongjak District, southern Seoul, on June 3. [NEWS1]
Polling for the 2026 local elections began simultaneously at 6 a.m. on Wednesday across 14,288 voting stations nationwide — with some voters already lining up before the doors opened — and will run until 6 p.m.
Unlike the early voting period last Friday and Saturday, voters must cast their ballots at the designated polling station in their registered district.
Kim Jeong-ja, aged 110, casts her vote with the help of a staff member at a polling station in Gwangju on June 3. [YONHAP]
At a polling station set up inside a taekwondo gym in Gangseo District, western Seoul, residents began queuing as early as 5:30 a.m.
