16th General Election Candidates to Be Mad up for Election Cost
The Central Election Management Committee (CEMC) revealed on April 26 that 442 out of 1038 candidates tht ran in the sixteenth general election were supported with mroe than $18 million from the National Tresury.The amount was 1.5 times higher than the $7.3 million spent in the last general election.
The CEMC will reimburse candidates for their election expenses if they won more than 20 percent of the vote in their precinct or if they were competitive in the general election by May 13.
by Lee Yang-soo
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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