Early voting begins for parliamentary election in South Korea

Early voting for next week's parliamentary elections in South Korea kicked off Friday for a two-day run, with scores of candidates casting their ballots in a bid to raise the voter turnout, Yonhap News Agency reported.
The voting carries extra weight as a recent survey showed that more than a quarter of the electorate has yet to choose a candidate for the April 13 polls that are to elect 300 lawmakers for a four-year term.
The early voting began at 3,511 polling stations across the country. Voting will take place between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday.
The early voting system, first adopted during the 2013 by-elections, is different from absentee voting in that it does not require voters to sign up in advance.
Eligible voters, who may be busy or away on election day which falls on Wednesday, can simply show up at a polling station during the early voting period and cast their ballots.

Source: QNA