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Voters passionate but perplexed

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By Bae Ji-sook

Staff reporter

From early Wednesday morning, people queued at 13,388 polling stations nationwide to pick local government leaders, hoping that they will better their lives and fulfill their communities' needs.

They agreed that the election was of the utmost importance but at the same time was one of the trickiest event of its kind in recent years.

At Bulgwang Elementary School of northern Seoul, dozens of people lined up to vote.

"The first issue is the economy and so is the second and last," Kim Dong-jun, a local resident, said. "I run a small business

and it hasn't gone too well for the past