2. A person who has been admitted for a long time in a hospital, sanatorium, asylum, prison, or
detention center;
3. A person who is unable to move freely on the ground of his or her serious physical disability;
4. A person who resides in an island specified by the National Election Commission Regulations,
among remote and isolated islands too far away for inhabitants to vote at the nearest early voting
polling station or regular polling station;
5. A person specified by the National Election Commission Regulations as a person who stays for a
long time in an area in which it is impracticable to install an early voting polling station or regular
polling station;
6. A seafarer who falls under paragraph (2).
(5) Upon receipt of a home voting report or a shipboard voting report, the head of a Gu/Si/Gun shall verify
the facts stated in the relevant report, enter relevant facts in the official list of eligible voters, if the home
voting report or shipboard voting report is proper, and prepare separate official lists of reported home
voters and reported shipboard voters (hereinafter referred to as “official lists of reported home voters and
reported shipboard voters”). <Amended on Jan. 17, 2014>
(6) When the head of a Gu/Si/Gun completes the preparation of official lists of reported home voters and
reported shipboard voters, he or she shall send certified copies thereof (including photocopies of
computerized data) to the competent Gu/Si/Gun election commission. <Amended on Feb. 12, 2009; Feb. 29,
2012; Jan. 17, 2014>
(7) Article 37 (6) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the preparation of the official lists of reported home
voters and reported shipboard voters. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2012; Jan. 17, 2014>
(8) The forms of a home voting report and a shipboard voting report, the forms of official lists of reported
home voters and reported shipboard voters, the procedure for the verification of reasons for the home
voting or shipboard voting, and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by the National Election
Commission Regulations. <Amended on Jan. 17, 2014>
Article 39 (Supervision over Preparation of Official Lists)
(1) Official list of eligible voters (including official lists of reported home voters and reported shipboard
voters; hereafter in this Article, the same shall apply) shall be prepared under the supervision of the
competent Gu/Si/Gun election commission and the competent Eup/Myeon/Dong election commission.
<Amended on Aug. 4, 2005; Jan. 17, 2014>
(2) When a public official who is engaged in the preparation of the official list of eligible voters is
appointed or dismissed, the head of the relevant Gu/Si/Gun shall without delay notify the competent
Gu/Si/Gun election commission. <Amended on Feb. 12, 2009>
(3) A person who has the right to appoint and dismiss a public official to be engaged in the preparation of
the official list of eligible voters shall, when wishing to dismiss the public official during the period for
preparation of the official list of eligible voters, consult with the competent Gu/Si/Gun election
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