On the 11th, officials from the joint investigation headquarters of the prosecution and police, who are investigating the shortage of ballots in the June 3rd local elections, are seen leaving the Seoul Metropolitan Election Commission in Jongno-gu, Seoul, after completing a search and seizure, carrying boxes of confiscated items. [Photo=Yonhap News]

The liberal democracy, the bedrock of the Republic of Korea, is maintained through fair elections. However, the reality of the 'June 3rd local elections,' recently exposed by the courageous conscience declaration of a current election commission official, is shocking beyond belief. 

The election commission's claim that its systems were completely isolated from external networks and thus impervious to hacking has been utterly shattered by an insider's revelation. Despite the use of Wi-Fi during the early voting process and the National Intelligence Service confirming the possibility of hacking through security checks, the election commission deceived the public and perpetrated a 'dark-box election.' 

According to the testimony of a current election commission official, there are no personnel on-site during early voting to manually count the number of voters. In a bizarre phenomenon where the numbers displayed by machines and systems are treated as absolute indicators, the counting was finalized based on 'number matching' without even clarifying the origin of the data. 

What is even more infuriating is that the computer network was reopened after the election to manipulate numbers in response to National Assembly requests. The testimony that vote results were retrospectively fabricated by altering figures as dictated by the National Election Commission is closer to the actions of a criminal organization than an election management body in a democratic nation. 

Although a court recently granted some preservation of evidence requests in relation to the 'ballot shortage incident,' the election commission is at the center of suspicions of evidence tampering, with crucial evidence such as ballot storage boxes already having been destroyed. 

Amidst this, the election commission is criminally charging individuals for hanging banners denouncing the fraudulent election and is even demanding police investigation appearances from young people protesting for truth and displaying posters criticizing the election commission for "regrettable police entry into Jamsil Olympic Park." We are outraged by the election commission's audacity in perpetrating overt suppression. 

Banners and posters are not crimes but the legitimate rights and cries of sovereign citizens. The election commission must immediately cease its cowardly accusations against the youth, the government must dismantle the election commission, the source of the fraudulent election, and listen to the voices of the youth in Jamsil demanding a 'rerun of the fraudulent election.' 

For the sake of defending the constitutional order and the right to vote of the Republic of Korea, and for the public's right to know, we strongly demand the following:

First, the prosecution must immediately arrest and investigate Standing Committee Member Wi Cheol-hwan, identified as the actual controller of the election commission, and seven IT personnel. Those at the center of suspicion for seriously undermining the fairness of the election must be thoroughly investigated and face uncompromised legal judgment.

Second, the joint investigation headquarters of the prosecution and police must announce the results of the search and seizure of the election commission's servers, and the National Assembly must form an independent external verification team and commence a comprehensive investigation. The lie that there is no 'voter inflation' no longer holds water. All logs, from the origin of data generation to modification history, must be transparently disclosed to resolve public suspicion.

Third, the early voting system, identified as the primary cause of the fraudulent election, must be completely abolished. Early voting, which causes confusion in the field and distrust in the system, must be abolished for the future of the Republic of Korea. We urge an amendment to the Public Official Election Act to implement a 'same-day voting and manual counting' system.

We repeatedly urge the resignation of President Lee, the highest responsible party for this grave national crime of fraudulent elections. We will never stand idly by while the Republic of Korea flounders in the mire of fraudulent elections. We repeatedly declare that our struggle to protect the liberal democratic Republic of Korea will not cease until the truth is revealed.

June 17, 2026

Server-kk Yuksa National Defense Association

Server-kk Yuksa National Defense Association