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The special counsel team investigating ballot shortages in the June 3 local elections has asked the National Election Commission to keep ballot papers taken from the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in their current state, Yonhap reports on Oct. 30. The request follows a public verification of about 2.47 million ballots stored there, which concluded Thursday after 12 hours, led by special counsel Lee Tae-han. Ballots that drew objections will undergo additional forensic review, according to Dong-A Ilbo. The team had moved the ballot boxes out of the arena on Oct. 29 to storage as part of the probe.