민주주의와 선거관리: 원칙과 평가 -제 5회 전국동시지방선거를 중심으로- = The Theoretical and Normative Foundation of Electoral Administration on Democratic Perspective: a Study on the 5th Korean Nationwide Local Election

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The previous works have not considered electoral administration as a serious theme of electoral studies. Yet, in terms of legitimacy and equality, which are two major norms of democracy, a theoretical attempt should set up the principles of conducting elections and suggest a check list for evaluation. The most important factor that contribute to build legitimacy and equality is openness of election allowing free debates and publicizing conflicting issues in the entire process of electoral campaign. Unfair and impartial implementation of regulation in election law banning the various political participation and expression ultimately endangers the true meaning of democratic election, which is socializing private conflicts between majority and minority, and the strong and the weak into public and political sphere. Regarding these normative democratic principles, this paper concludes that the electoral administration on the 5th Korean nationwide local election was biased and severly misconducted.