It was belatedly confirmed that at an early voting site in Daegu, a woman presented her cousin older sister's ID and cast a ballot.
According to the Daegu City Election Commission on the 1st, on the first day of early voting, on the morning of the 29th, Ms. A visited an early voting site in Daegu with her cousin older sister, Ms. B, who has difficulty moving, and a caregiver.
Arriving at the polling place before Ms. B, who has such limited mobility that she uses a walking aid, Ms. A presented Ms. B's ID instead of her own and completed the vote.
The issue came to light about 10 minutes later when Ms. B arrived at the polling place with the caregiver. During the voter list verification, it showed that Ms. B had already voted.
Ms. A was said to have explained on site that she had submitted the wrong ID.
The election commission said Ms. A and Ms. B looked similar and their addresses were alike, so staff did not catch it immediately on site.
It also explained that the fingerprint recognition step is used not to verify a voter's identity but to check whether they have already voted, so it could not determine whether the person was the rightful voter.
After confirming the facts, the election commission took administrative steps so that Ms. B could vote normally by early voting the next day.