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Fourth, we require anyone involved in organized election misconduct should righteously
be punished legally. We also urge the members of Korean National Assembly to undertake
an overhaul and fundamental reform of the political system as well as the problematic
election system, to correct the problems that are to be revealed from the results of the
investigation on the rigged election and from the public verification.
Fifth, the press and media should impartially report our assertion so that it could be
accurately delivered to all people without distortion. Hence, we urge the press and media to
demonstrate their vocation and respond to the calling of the times by transparently
reporting clear facts so that people can judge their own suspicions that might be raised even
after today.

Mistrust in elections is a grave cause of crisis to the country's backbone.
We take the current situation very seriously and declare that we will continue to fight
indefinitely until our demand for prompt investigation and verification by the public are
accepted. The number of citizens participating will be snowballing until our unquestionable
and legitimate demands are met. In Korean society, where common sense and illuminating
the truth is becoming more and more difficult, the fierce struggle of ordinary people will
continue tomorrow and beyond./

Despite all of these evidence and facts and two-year-long street protests, the Korean
courts, including the Supreme Court, have kept delaying any process of hearing and
deliberation as to any of 123 legal claims of electoral fraud, despite the fact that the Public
Official Election Act stipulates that the court must issue the final sentencing within 180 days
from the filing of the election related lawsuits. In July 2022, the Supreme Court ruled against
the complainants after a visual inspection of the election process and results in non-
transparent and superficial manners.
This ruling and manner by the last resort organization of democracy increased civil
distrust for the governance system in Korea. Various demands for the reform of the election
management system in Korea were raised by many civil society groups. The main points of
the reform measures proposed are summarized as follows:

(How to reform the early voting system and the electronic voting system)
1. Stipulate the prohibition of using QR codes on early voting ballot papers.
2. Switch to a manual counting system to rule out electronic manipulation.
3. Disclose any programs related to the source code of the ballot sorting machine.

4. Aim for evidence conservation for the digital data and equipment.
5. Conduct forensic verification of all National Election Commission servers shortly after
the election.
6. Explicitly prohibit the practice of replacing public and early voting officer seals with
printed seals.

7. Early voting ballot printers should be given a serial number unique to the machine to
prevent fraudulent production of the early voting ballot papers.

8. Disclose the identities of citizens who participate in early voting by each polling station,
disclose the lists of consolidated voters, and disclose all ballot counting table lists.

9. Remove communication functions such as external connection ports, wireless LANs,
and wireless chips from the counting machines, sorters, and connected laptops.
(How to reform electoral management and procedures)

10. Correct management weak spots in both early voting and election day voting ballot
boxes.

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