South Korea will overhaul its election process after shortages of ballot ​papers at last week's local elections ​fuelled a public outcry, the presidential office said on Monday.While the public outcry over the incident has not yet grown to a level that could jeopardize President Lee Jae Myung or his party's majority in parliament, some protesters have accused Lee's liberals of playing a part in what ‌they called "election fraud."Lee ⁠has ⁠said the issue exposed by the incident was a matter of democratic integrity, not a conspiracy to rig an election.He met the speaker of parliament and the heads of the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court, as ​well as Prime Minister Kim Min-seok, to discuss what they said was "a grave infringement of voter rights" and agreed a speedy and thorough change was needed, Lee's office said in a ​statement.Read More: South Korea expands talent visa to scientists, professors"The president asked the officials to do everything they can ⁠to help ‌overcome this crisis in our constitutional order," it said.Serious Blow To Democratic ​Reputation Earlier, Lee ​said he was shocked and dismayed by the June 3 incident that ⁠kept some voters waiting for hours at polling stations for ballot ​papers to be delivered.The incident was a serious blow to the ​country's reputation as a model democracy and protests questioning the fairness of the process were entirely justified, Lee told a news conference on Monday."It was just ridiculous," Lee said. "It was probably something that's hard for even people in a lesser developed democracy to imagine."Thousands of people have protested outside a ballot counting station in Seoul, demanding a new election.Lee said at ‌the Blue House meeting that he supported the protests and wanted to thank them for raising the issue.The head of the NEC, an independent body ​that oversees all ​elections in the country, has ⁠resigned to take responsibility.The commission has said it printed ballot papers for 73% of the total eligible voters - calculated based on previous turnout rates - and polling stations in some districts were ​slow to receive additional ballot papers after they started to run out.Read More: Amid US-Iran war, North Korea flaunts new nuclear fuel facility, Kim Jong Un calls it "amazing, beyond rhetorical description"Lee has ordered a thorough investigation into the ballot paper shortage, and the ruling Democratic Party said it plans to launch a national inquiry.The constitutional guarantee of independence given to the NEC has led to a complacency that exposed a fundamental problem in how the election process is managed, Lee said.