Prosecutors and police searched the NEC headquarters after detecting employees manipulated statistics to cover up voter number errors
South Korea raids election watchdog over ballot shortage data manipulation
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SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Investigators raided the headquarters of the National Election Commission (NEC) on Thursday to secure evidence in a widening probe into ballot shortages during the June 3 local elections, legal sources said. Ballot shortages were reported at multiple polling stations on election day, forcing some voters to turn back without casting their ballots. Prosecutors and investigators on a prosecution-police task force executed a search and seizure warrant at the NEC office in Gwacheon, just south of Seoul, after detecting evidence some watchdog employees manipulated statistics in their computer system to cover up errors in voter numbers.
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SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Investigators raided the headquarters of the National Election Commission (NEC) on Thursday to secure evidence in a widening probe into ballot shortages during the June 3 local elections, legal sources said.
reliability low1/2 sourcesBallot shortages were reported at multiple polling stations on election day, forcing some voters to turn back without casting their ballots.
reliability low1/2 sourcesProsecutors and investigators on a prosecution-police task force executed a search and seizure warrant at the NEC office in Gwacheon, just south of Seoul, after detecting evidence some watchdog employees manipulated statistics in their computer system to cover up errors in voter numbers.
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