South Korea Elections During Pandemic

South korea has become the first country to successfully conduct a general election during the covid 19 pandemic.

South korea elections during pandemic. The vote is seen as a report card for the president s handling of the covid 19 pandemic. South korean voters had to go through extensive sanitization measures as of election day april 15 south korea had nearly 10 600 confirmed cases of coronavirus and more than 220 deaths. His performance ratings are high.

Large public gatherings are a jarring sight during a pandemic. Voting during a pandemic the size of the electorate had been expanded by the 2019 electoral reforms which lowered voting age from 19 to 18 years. Like many democracies around.

The elections held in south korea during the pandemic are worth commendation. Several countries cancelled elections upon the spread of the novel coronavirus with public gatherings of large numbers of people having been one of the peculiar vulnerabilities during a pandemic that has seen over 3 million registered cases. Korea to share election experience during pandemic with american countries.

The safeguarding of electoral rights. This resiliency is just one reason why south korea has been such a valued partner. South korean voters got to the polls wednesday for legislative elections.

More than 11 million people nearly 27 percent of registered voters and about 40 percent of the total. South korea just conducted its national election in the midst of the pandemic. Discuss the necessary steps to be taken by ec in upcoming elections gs 2.

This means that in korea high school students born before 16 april 2002 could exercise their voting rights thereby significantly enfranchising the local youth.