Democratic Party reconsiders ranked-choice voting for party leader election… no conclusion reached

The Democratic Party held a closed Supreme Council meeting on the night of the 8th and again discussed whether to introduce a preferential voting system for the party leadership election at the August 17th National Convention, but failed to reach a conclusion. The Democratic Party had decided the previous day at the National Convention Preparatory Committee to use preferential voting for the party leader election, but controversy continued as former leader Jeong Cheongrae's side demanded a reversal, saying it violated the party constitution and party rules. The Supreme Council plans to review the results of the full Preparatory Committee meeting on the 9th and discuss the matter again. Preferential voting is a method in which voters rank candidates in order of preference, and votes are transferred by sequentially eliminating lowerranked candidates until a candidate receives a majority of the votes. Within the party, interpretations of the party constitution and party rules are divided over this issue, and some say the final decision should be wrapped up within this week.