The ongoing fallout from ballot shortages during South Korea’s June 3 local elections has reignited debate over the country’s early voting system. After the shortages caused long lines and voter complaints at some polling stations, the National Assembly launched a parliamentary investigation into the incident. Against this backdrop, the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) has pushed a legislative change aimed at ending early voting. PPP lawmaker Park Dae-chul introduced a bill that would scrap early voting and extend election day voting to two days. The proposal also calls for reintroducing an absentee voting system. The bill is co-sponsored by 24 PPP lawmakers and independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon, a former PPP leader. Han says the shift away from early voting toward a longer election period reflects his long-standing position and has publicly argued that extending voting on election day is preferable to maintaining the current early voting framework. The renewed focus on voting rules comes as lawmakers continue to examine the causes of the ballot shortage episode and its impact on voters.