2004; Aug. 4, 2005; Jan. 3, 2007; Jan. 25, 2010; May. 17, 2010; Apr. 6, 2018> 1. State public officials under Article 2 of the State Public Officials Act and local public officials under Article 2 of the Local Public Officials Act: Provided, That public officials in the occupational categories of correction, protection, prosecutorial affairs, narcotics investigation, immigration control and railroad police, from among public officials in general service in the occupational group of administrative service, public officials in extraordinary service other than educational public officials, and public officials in political service shall be excluded; 2. Teachers and staff of schools of each level; 3. Employees of banks under Article 2 of the Banking Act; 4. Employees of the agencies provided in Article 53 (1) 4 through 6; 5. Impartial and neutral persons who have an ability to assist the voting affairs. (10) Upon receipt of a request from an election commission to recommend polling station staff, the head of an institution or organization specified in any provision of paragraph (9) 1 through 4 shall comply with such request preferentially. <Newly Inserted on Feb. 13, 2014> (11) Establishment of polling stations and facilities to ensure access to polling stations for the transportation vulnerable, such as the elderly, persons with disabilities and pregnant women; measures for designating suitable polling places; and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by the National Election Commission Regulations. <Amended on Apr. 6, 2018> Article 148 (Establishment of Early Voting Polling Stations) (1) Each Gu/Si/Gun election commission shall establish and operate one early voting polling station for each Eup/Myeon/Dong under its jurisdiction (where a constituency is smaller than a district under the jurisdiction of the relevant Gu/Si/Gun, referring to the relevant constituency) for two days, starting five days before the election day (hereinafter referred to as “early voting period”): Provided, That additional early voting polling stations may be established and operated in the relevant area, in any of the following cases: <Amended on Dec. 24, 2015; Jan. 21, 2022> 1. Where military units are concentrated within a district under the jurisdiction of an Eup/Myeon/Dong; 2. Where the establishment, abolition, division or merger of Eups/Myeons/Dongs results in the reduction of the total number of Eups/Myeons/Dongs. (2) When a Gu/Si/Gun election commission establishes early voting polling stations pursuant to paragraph (1), it shall publicly announce the names and locations of the polling stations and the period of establishment and operation by not later than nine days before the election day, notify the manager of each election campaign office or the chief of each election campaign liaison office, and post the public announcement at five places in each voting district within its jurisdiction. The foregoing shall also apply where it is intended to change the place for the establishment of an early voting polling station. (3) Each Gu/Si/Gun election commission shall appoint polling station staff for early voting, from among the persons falling under any subparagraph of Article 147 (9) in order to have them serve as assistants in