00:03Protesters haven't left this vote-counting center in South Korea since a controversial election inflamed the country.
00:09Fifty polling places across the country ran out of ballots during local elections last Wednesday, leaving some people unable to
00:16vote.
00:17Officials say the shortage was the result of a waist-cutting measure.
00:22They say so many people had voted early in recent elections that there were many unused ballots left over,
00:29so this time it only printed enough for about half of the electorate.
00:34But the protesters are not satisfied.
00:37And though their numbers have fallen off since a riot on Friday and a mass gathering of 10,000 people
00:42on Saturday,
00:43their anger at what they see as a botched vote hasn't faded.
00:47As this is a democratic country, the fact that some people were unable to vote,
00:52along with the inadequate response from the National Election Commission, naturally left me, as a citizen, feeling angry.
00:58President Lee Jae-myung has apologized and called for an investigation.
01:02And the chair of the Election Commission has resigned.
01:05But some protesters see signs of something underhanded and say there's only one way to make amends.
01:11It is a complete failure and a complete fraud.
01:14That is why I believe this was indeed an election fraud and that a re-election must be held as
01:19a result.
01:21Some of the protesters even see a possible model in Taiwan,
01:25where all votes must be cast in person at a specific polling spot,
01:29and the counting is decidedly low-tech.
01:33Interestingly enough, one reason election fraud is considered impossible in Taiwan
01:38is that they don't use electronic voting equipment.
01:41Instead, ballots are counted by hand, one by one, kind of like the class elections we had back in school.
01:47Because the votes are counted manually, election fraud can't really happen in Taiwan.
01:53These protesters hope their vigils will bring the redo they see as the only way to ensure all eligible voters
01:59have their voices heard.
02:01Leon Lian and John Van Trieste for Taiwan Plus.
02:04They are ....
02:06They did write Non чет operators.
02:06They sued their oublows..
02:06In two days...
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