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voting results across Seoul, Gyeonggi Province, and major cities
such as Busan, Daejeon, Jeju, Ulsan, and Sejong. These results
were statistically implausible and pointed to tampering with
voting machines and software. Kim argued that the National
Election Commission (NEC) manipulated outcomes by altering
votes to favor specific candidates or misclassifying ambiguous
ballots.

Legal Barriers and Systemic Issues

Kim highlighted the limitations of legal action, including the
inability to use informally recorded video evidence in court and
issues with NEC servers and vote-counting systems. A 2019
lawsuit demanding transparency in NEC software was dismissed,
with courts asserting that such disclosure was incompatible with
South Korea’s system. This ruling created a significant barrier
to exposing fraud and limited legal avenues for ensuring fair
elections.

Comparing the 2020 and 2024 Elections

Kim noted repeated patterns of vote manipulation in the 2020
and 2024 general elections, particularly in early voting. !e 2024
election showed a stark disparity between early voting results
favoring the Democratic Party and election-day results favoring
the People Power Party. These anomalies strongly suggest
manipulation, further exacerbated by the NEC’s refusal to release
vote-counting software for public scrutiny.

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