A woman carrying a dog casts her ballot at a polling station in Seoul's Songpa District, Wednesday. Voters will elect 16 metropolitan city mayors and provincial governors, 227 local government heads, 3,973 local council members and 16 education superintendents. Yonhap

Voters cast their ballots in the local elections at a polling station set up at a wedding hall in Seoul's Guro District, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Jung Da-bin

Voters cast their ballots in the local elections at a polling station set up in a Korean BBQ restaurant in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi Province, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Jung Da-bin

Voters cast their ballots in the local elections at a polling station set up inside an indoor baseball practice facility at Cheonggu Elementary School in Seoul's Jung District, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Ha Sang-yoon

Voters cast their ballots in the local elections at a polling station set up in a pizzeria in Seoul's Gwangjin District, Wednesday. Yonhap