President Lee Jae-myung cast an early voting ballot on the first day, on the 29th, of early voting for the June 3 local elections and National Assembly by-elections at the Samcheong-dong community center near the Blue House.
According to the Blue House, President Lee took part in an out-of-district ballot at the Jongno-gu Samcheong-dong community center with first lady Kim Hea-kyung on the day. The presidential couple's home address is in Incheon's Gyeyang B, so they each cast one vote in the Incheon mayoral race, the Gyeyang-gu mayoral race, and the Incheon Gyeyang B National Assembly by-election. The presidential residence construction at the Blue House has not been completed, so they have not yet changed their home address.
Wearing a gray tie, President Lee arrived at the early voting station on foot from the Blue House main building with first lady Kim Hea-kyung and aides including Presidential Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik and Blue House Protocol Secretary Kwon Hyuk-gi. The Blue House had previously ascribed meaning to the "tie color" to match the president's schedule, but this time it said it avoided blue, symbolizing the Democratic Party of Korea, red, symbolizing the People Power Party, and white, used by independent candidates, to convey "election neutrality."
The presidential couple lined up at the community center to wait their turn, then received their ballots and each entered a voting booth. Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik, a voter from Asan, South Chungcheong Province, also received a ballot and took part in out-of-district voting. Former Presidents Moon Jae-in and Yoon Suk-yeol also cast early voting ballots in the local elections first held after their inaugurations.
Incheon's Gyeyang B is the district where President Lee won a by-election in 2022 and served as a constituency lawmaker. It became vacant when Lee took office as president last year. From the Democratic Party of Korea, Kim Nam-joon, a former Blue House Spokesperson and a close aide to Lee, received a strategic nomination as the party's candidate. From the People Power Party, candidate Sim Wang-seop is running, as is independent candidate Kim Hyun-tae.