Seoul’s ballot shortage was a rare Election Day failure, but not an unheard-of one. Similar incidents have disrupted voting in the US, Australia and the UK, usu

South Korea’s election authorities said Wednesday that some polling stations in Seoul’s Songpa-gu district temporarily ran short of ballots due to higher-than-e

High turnout, ballot confusion and a string of polling station incidents marked Election Day across Korea on Wednesday as voters cast ballots in the 2026 local elections.

Ballot shortages disrupted voting at polling stations in Songpa District, southern Seoul, during the June 3 local elections, halting voting at some sites for part of the afternoon

Voting in Wednesday's local elections was temporarily suspended at some polling stations in Songpa Ward, southern Seoul, due to a shortage of ballo...

Voting at several polling stations in southern Seoul and Incheon was disrupted on Wednesday after ballot papers ran out during the June 3 local ele...

Voting for the local elections was temporarily disrupted at several polling stations in Seoul and Incheon on Wednesday after stations ran out of ballots, resulting in waits of…

A ballot shortage at a polling station in Seoul's Songpa-gu triggered a tense standoff late Wednesday, turning an election management failure into a dispute ove

The National Election Commission said Thursday that the shortage of ballot papers during Wednesday's Seoul mayoral election does not invalidate the results, say

Public trust in Wednesday's local elections took a hit after ballot shortages at polling stations in southern Seoul prompted hundreds of citizens t...

Two ballot boxes remained stranded overnight at a polling station in Songpa District, southern Seoul, where a ballot shortage occurred, with protesters blocking their transfer to…

Overnight protests over voting disruptions caused by a ballot paper shortage in Seoul's Songpa-gu continued into Thursday morning, with demonstrators physically

The country's election watchdog is defending itself against a national furor after a ballot shortage on Wednesday forced a temporary suspension of voting at som

The ballot paper shortage that disrupted voting at multiple polling stations across Seoul during the June 3 local elections represents far more tha...

Some have voiced concerns that the incident further undermines trust in the electoral process at a time when ideological conflict and conspiracy theories already abound

Seoul’s ballot shortage was a rare Election Day failure, but not an unheard-of one. Similar incidents have disrupted voting in the US, Australia and the UK, usu

The National Election Commission reportedly printed fewer ballots after conspiracy theories about leftover ballots being used to steal elections, but Wednesday’s ballot shortage…