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17. Need to position observers and install CCTVs in early voting stations and
fundamentally strengthen security of the early voting ballot boxes.

18. Implement measures to strengthen expertise among election commissioners
and observers.

l Introduce post-verification methods

19. Organize the post-verification system as an integral part of the public official
election system. To this end, introduce a “Procedure and Management System
Verification” system, which is a verification of the appropriateness of the
election management and monitoring procedures, and a “Verification of Election
Results” system, which is a verification of the accuracy of the ballot counting
results.

20. The post-verification agency shall be organized by a specialized agency
independent of the National Election Commission and shall exercise full power
in the field of election verification.
21. Establish a “public election verification committee” to verify the election
procedures and management systems and verify the results.

l (New legislative and institutional improvements)

22. Ensure that the deadline for the handling of election challenges is met and
introduce a compulsory performance penalty system.
23. To strengthen the political neutrality of the National Election Commission,
introduce the requirement to ban party membership for a certain period.

24. In the case of the pre-application registration system for early voting, early
voting for Outside Jurisdiction, include a pledge for residential voting, and
reintroduce the signing of names by election officers and ballot counting
officers.

25. The Public Official Election Act shall be reorganized democratically and
transparently by operating a committee for the readjustment of the Public
Official Election Act consisting of civilian experts, the NEC, and National
Assembly officials, and penalize violations of public election laws.

Only a few of these demands have been accommodated by the government and
congress so far: (i) the manual confirmation process will undergo with regard to
ballot papers upon being sorted by ballot sorting machines, and then those papers
are counted by ballot counting machines; (ii) Only public officials will handle ballot
boxes and ballot papers; (iii) all ballot boxes are carried and transported under the
surveillance by police officers; (iv) CCTV monitoring will be enhanced; and (v) QR
codes will be considered to be used on early voting ballot papers. These partial
reform measures are not welcomed by civil society groups that were disappointed.
Obviously, these changes are not essential or sufficient for establishing a manual
counting system nor do they rule out various possibilities of electronic manipulation
by digital means. Introduction of the post-verification systems seems also necessary
to verify the election results.

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