South Korea election commission probe finds vote‑rate falsification in Gyeonggi and Chungcheong regions

A joint investigation team (합수본) has seized evidence indicating that officials of the Central Election Commission entered false voter numbers during the June 3 local elections. The probe, initially focused on Gyeonggi Province, expanded to include one area in the Chungcheong region after messenger chats among election staff revealed a scheme of inflating vote counts at one polling station and offsetting the excess by reducing figures at other stations. Investigators allege that the staff altered the electronic tallies without following the required correction procedures and discuss the falsification method in internal messages. The team has charged the implicated officials with record‑tampering and obstruction of official duties. No direct link to altered election outcomes has been confirmed so far.