Local election early voting opens, turnout takes center stage

“South Koreans began two days of early voting Friday for nationwide local elections, as tightening races pushed rival parties into a final scramble to mobilize supporters and turn turnout into the defining fight of the campaign. Early voting turnout stood at 2.71 percent as of 10 a.m., slightly above the pace recorded in the 2022 local elections, according to the National Election Commission. The commission said 1,211,777 of the country’s 44.64 million eligible voters had cast ballots in the firs

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