Choi Si-won publicly supports 'Open Ballot Counting' protest... "A cause for democracy"

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Choi Si-won, a member of the group Super Junior and an actor, publicly expressed his support for the blockade protest at the Seoul Songpa-gu Jamsil ballot counting center.

On the 23rd, Choi Si-won left a comment on a netizen's post showing the scene at the Jamsil ballot counting center via his Threads account, stating, "Enhancing trust in elections is not for any single political party but for the entire democracy of the Republic of Korea."

He further added, "To enhance public trust in elections and ensure that every precious vote is accurately reflected, all election procedures must be managed transparently and thoroughly."

Choi Si-won also remarked, "Citizens who are voicing their opinions at the site despite the rainy weather are striving to protect the value of South Korea's democracy and each precious vote. I hope their sincerity and efforts are not judged or lightly dismissed by specific words or frames under any circumstances."

Currently, a blockade protest condemning the shortage of ballots during the the 3rd local elections continues at the Seoul Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium, which is being used as the Jamsil ballot counting center.

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