On the 3rd, the day of in-person voting for the 9th nationwide local elections (June 3 local elections), a man in his 40s caused a commotion as he exited a polling place after trying to show his completed ballot to people nearby before putting it into the ballot box.
According to the Sejong City election commission and police, a man in his 40s, identified as A, marked his ballot around 7 a.m. at a polling place in Dajeong-dong, Sejong City, and then tried to show it to election workers nearby instead of placing it in the ballot box.
A said something to the effect of, "Didn't the president do this too?" and "Please check whether I marked it correctly." He appeared to have in mind the incident on the 29th, when President Lee Jae-myung, during early voting, came out of the booth holding his ballot and asked election workers whether "it's okay if a circle mark isn't complete and is only half stamped."
When election commission staff refused to check the ballot, A created a disturbance and standoff inside the polling place for about 30 minutes before leaving only after an officer who responded to the scene ordered him to exit. The election commission initially sent A home but was said to be reviewing additional response measures.