(4) The head of a Gu/Si/Gun shall, upon preparing the official list of eligible voters, immediately send an
electronic copy thereof to the competent Gu/Si/Gun election commission. <Amended on Feb. 12, 2009; Apr.
6, 2018>
(5) Where the number of eligible voters in a voting district exceeds 1,000, the official list of eligible voters
may be divided into fascicles in means that each fascicle can contain approximately the same number of
eligible voters.
(6) The official list of eligible voters as provided for in paragraph (1) may be prepared through a computer
system. <Amended on Aug. 4, 2005>
(7) In order to support the preparation of the official list of eligible voters under paragraph (1), the
Minister of the Interior and Safety may process resident registration numbers prescribed in Article 7-2 (1)
of the Resident Registration Act, alien registration numbers prescribed in Article 31 (5) of the Immigration
Act, and report numbers of the domestic place of residence prescribed in Article 7 (1) of the Act on the
Immigration and Legal Status of Overseas Koreans, and may provide the results to the head, etc. of a
Gu/Si/Gun. In such cases, the Minister of the Interior and Safety may request necessary data from the head
of a relevant administrative agency or the head of any other public institution, and upon receipt of such
request, he or she shall comply therewith, unless there is a compelling reason not to do so. <Newly Inserted
on Jan. 21, 2022>
(8) The form of the official list of eligible voters and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by the
National Election Commission Regulations. <Amended on Jan. 21, 2022>
Article 38 (Reporting of Home Voting or Shipboard Voting)
(1) Any person who is qualified for the enrollment in the official list of eligible voters and resides in the
Republic of Korea but who falls under any subparagraph of paragraph (4) 1 through 5 (excluding
foreigners defined under Article 15 (2) 3) may file a report in writing with the head of the competent
Gu/Si/Gun (hereinafter referred to as “home voting report”) during the period for the preparation of the
official list of eligible voters. In such cases, a home voting report shall be dispatched by registered mail,
and the postal charges therefor shall be borne by the State or the competent local government. <Amended
on Feb. 12, 2009; Jan. 17, 2014>
(2) A seafarer who is qualified for the enrollment in the official list of eligible voters for a presidential
election or a National Assembly election held at the expiration of the terms of office of the members of the
National Assembly but is unable to vote at an early voting polling station or a regular polling station
because he or she is scheduled to be or is on board any of the following ships, he or she may file a report
in writing [including where a seafarer on board files a report via facsimile (including electronic methods;
hereinafter the same shall apply) in the relevant ship] with the head of the competent Gu/Si/Gun during the
period for preparation of the official list of eligible voters (hereinafter referred to as “shipboard voting
report”). In such cases, the latter part of paragraph (1) shall apply mutatis mutandis where a shipboard
voting report is filed via mail: <Newly Inserted on Feb. 29, 2012; Mar. 23, 2013; Jan. 17, 2014; Aug. 13, 2015;
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