Ballot fiasco puts Korea's election commission under parliamentary scrutiny

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• ·As a 45-day investigation begins, the ruling party floats moving election duties to the government, an idea the opposition rejects and experts say would require amending the Constitution.
• ·The National Assembly on Thursday opened a 45-day probe into the ballot shortage that disrupted voting during the local elections that took place on June 3.
• ·The inquiry puts the National Election Commission (NEC), long shielded by its constitutional independence, under rare political scrutiny.
• ·Lawmakers will spend the next 45 days examining how the ballots ran short, whether printing standards were adequate, how officials responded on election day, whether voters' rights were violated and whether commission staff neglected their duties.
• ·The inquiry has also revived a broader push to overhaul the election administration.