투표장으로 향한 '자가격리자'...일반 투표 마감 이후 오후 6시부터 주권 행사<br /><br />Over 35-hundred polling stations across the nation closed just minutes ago - one hour after the usual closing time of 6PM for those under self-quarantine due to COVID-19.<br />Our election team is covering all of the action at polling booths and counting centers throughout the nation.<br />Our correspondents in the field... let's check in with some of them.<br />First, Kan Hyeong-woo at a polling station in Seoul's Jongno District.<br />It's a highly symbolic electorate in Korean politics.<br />Hyeong-woo, some critics feared it would be chaos. How did South Korea hold elections today?<br />Connyoung, it wasn't chaotic at all. Rather, everything went quite smoothly.<br />As you just said, the voting period for this year's general election officially wrapped up at 7 PM.<br />About an hour ago, four self-quarantined voters came to this polling station here in Seoul's central Jongno-gu District.<br />They were accompanied by health officials in full protective gear and used a separate voting booth set up outside the building.<br />After each person cast their vote,...the health officials disinfected the booth.<br />The election authorities made it possible for the 60-thousand people in self-quarantine to be able to cast their votes.<br />According to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety,... around 23 percent some 13-thousand people applied to take part.<br />Here are the rules:<br />Quarantine was temporarily lifted from 5:20 PM to 7 PM.<br />Only then could those in self-quarantine head straight to polling stations on foot or in their own cars.<br />Their voting period was from 6 to 7 PM after all other voters were finished.<br />For those who were not accompanied by government officials, they were tracked through a mobile app.<br />And of course, they had to wear masks and gloves.<br />Voting was unlike any other for the average Koreans, as well.<br />There were measures taken to allow this National Assembly election to take place as scheduled during the COVID-19 pandemic, weren't there?<br />Voters who were not in self-isolation cast their ballots from 6 AM to 6 PM today.<br />Because the coronavirus outbreak is still lingering in South Korea,...the National Election Commission implemented a number of preventive measures.<br />Voters had to bring their ID cards, of course, but they also had to wear a protective face mask when they came to a polling station.<br />At the entrance, they got their temperatures taken.<br />If they didn't have a fever or a cough, they had to disinfect their hands with sanitizer and put on disposable plastic gloves both of which were provided by the polling station.<br />Voters were also required to stand at least one meter apart from one another.<br />I asked some people how they felt about voting in these conditions.<br />"It's my first time voting like this. But I feel clean. I think a lot of people like it this way and I hope they continue to do it like this."<br />"I think it's a good idea to carry on with the election. It looks like everything is going well as people are wearing masks, gloves and keeping the
