Voters cast ballots at a polling station set up inside Sangsang Chowol Pork Galbi restaurant in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi Province, Wednesday, Election Day for Korea's nationwide local elections. The restaurant's annex building has been converted into a voting site on election days for more than a decade, making it one of the most familiar unconventional polling stations. Korea Times photo by Jung Da-bin
As polling stations opened across Korea Wednesday morning, voters streamed in to cast ballots in the nationwide local elections, each carrying their own hopes and expectations for their communities and local governments.
At a polling station set up inside an indoor baseball practice facility at Cheonggu Elementary School in central Seoul, residents quietly made their way through the voting process.
The facility, normally used by students for batting practice, was temporarily converted into a polling station for Election Day.
Among those casting ballots was Oh Eun-soon, 73, who said she came out because there was a candidate she strongly supported.
“I came because there is someone I really want to see elected,” she said. “I wanted to do my part.”
Elsewhere in Seoul, polling stations saw a steady stream of voters throughout the morning.
At Jangchung Elementary School, voters lined up to wait their turn while election officials guided them through the process of casting seven separate ballots for metropolitan and local offices.
Families, elderly residents and younger voters were all visible among the crowd.
Park Jin-yang, a voter in her 30s, said she spent considerable time reviewing campaign materials before Election Day.
Source: Korea Times News
