3. A person who fails to vote with the ballot paper that he or she received for home voting but who returns the ballot paper for home voting, along with the envelope for return, to the official in charge of voting management at the relevant polling station on the election day. (4) When a home voter votes at the relevant polling station on the election day under the proviso of paragraph (3), the official in charge of voting management shall verify and identify the voter with the official list of eligible voters or the list of home voters notified pursuant to Article 154 (3) and record the fact in the column for notes in the official list of eligible voters. <Newly Inserted on Jan. 25, 2010; Jan. 17, 2014> Article 157 (Procedure for Receiving and Recording Ballot Papers) (1) An eligible voter shall go, in person, to a polling station, and shall present his or her resident registration card (referring to a certificate with a photograph attached thereto, which is issued by a government office or public agency, such as a passport, driver's license or public official identification card, or other identification cards prescribed by the National Election Commission Regulations, to identify such person, if the person does not have a resident registration card; hereinafter referred to as "identification card") in the presence of voting observers, and shall, after the identification is confirmed, affix his or her signature or seal or thumbmark to the official list of eligible voters, and then shall receive a ballot paper. <Amended on Jul. 28, 2011> (2) When the officials in charge of voting management issue ballot papers to the eligible voters on the election day, they shall cut off a serial number paper in the presence of the said eligible voters and then issue them to the eligible voters after affixing his or her private seal in the column of private seal affixing, but if deemed necessary, they may issue them after affixing his or her private seal within the limit of 100 sheets in advance. <Amended on Apr. 30, 1998; Mar. 12, 2004; Aug. 4, 2005> (3) The officials in charge of voting management shall not issue a ballot paper to the eligible voter who fails to present his or her identification card. <Amended on Aug. 4, 2005> (4) An eligible voter, after receiving the ballot paper, shall enter a polling booth, select one candidate (referring to one political party in an election of proportional representation members of the National Assembly and an election of proportional representation members of local councils), from among those entered in the ballot paper, make a mark in the corresponding column of the ballot paper, fold the ballot paper on the spot so that other persons cannot see the contents, and then put it in the ballot box in the presence of the voting observers. <Amended on Mar. 7, 2002; Mar. 12, 2004; Aug. 4, 2005> (5) If the ballot paper is damaged or spoiled after issued to an eligible voter for any reason attributable to him or her, no new ballot paper shall be issued. (6) An eligible voter may enter a polling station (in cases of a child who is a primary school pupil, excluding the polling booth) along primary school pupil or younger child within the limit of not impeding the order of the polling station, and one who is unable to record his or her vote for himself/herself due to a visual or physical impairment may be accompanied by his or her family or two persons nominated by him

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