Author and broadcaster Kwon Jeong-eun encouraged voting.

Kwon said on the 3rd, "I can't express how long I've been waiting for this day. There has never been a time when I was so eager to exercise the power of my precious vote. There was a day in my 20s when I thought that nothing would change if I didn't vote, and I abandoned my precious right. As time passed, I came to understand how deep and heavy the meaning contained in this one vote is."

She added, "Yesterday, my friend said, 'Honestly, there's no one I want to vote for. Everyone seems lacking to me.' Of course, that's possible. There will always be reasons for the judgments I make. My biases, uncritically accepted media perspectives, and manipulated information are things we may not be completely free from."

She then stated, "However, at least three things are certain. Even if someone may not be able to vote solely out of good intentions, they can at least cast a vote to determine who can create a better world." She mentioned, "Rather than voting for any party or politician, we can think of it as voting for the public good of our community."

She also added, "I may vote for policies that benefit me, but I can also vote with altruism for those who are in a more difficult situation than I am."

Finally, Kwon encouraged, "I woke up at 6 a.m. and voted with this heart. I hope today is a day to exercise the precious right of one vote with respect, contribution, and gifts. Please make sure to vote."

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I can't express how long I've been waiting for this day.

There has never been a time when I was so eager to exercise the power of my precious vote.

There has never been a time when I was so eager.

There was a day in my 20s.

Thinking that nothing would change if I didn't vote

I had even given up my precious right.

As time passed, I came to understand.

How deep and heavy the meaning contained in this one vote is.

Just looking at the history of suffrage.

It's something unimaginable now.

In Europe, until the 1800s, only men with property were granted the right to vote.

The first country in the world to grant women the right to vote was New Zealand in 1893.

For nearly a century, women did not even have the right to vote.

Even the United States and the United Kingdom only expanded voting rights to all women over 21 in 1920 and 1928.

Voting rights were barely expanded.

How many have fought for this right that seems obvious.

If you look a little, you will bow your head to that history.

Yesterday, my friend said.

'Honestly, there's no one I want to vote for. Everyone seems lacking to me.'

Of course, that's possible.

There will always be reasons for the judgments I make.

My biases, uncritically accepted media perspectives, and manipulated information are things.

We may not be completely free from all of these.

However, at least three things are certain.

Even if someone may not be able to vote solely out of good intentions.

They can at least cast a vote to determine who can create a better world.

It's not about voting for any party or politician.

We can think of it as voting for the public good of our community.

I may vote for policies that benefit me.

But I can also vote with altruism for those who are in a more difficult situation than I am.

I believe that each vote has three meanings.

First, it's respect and tribute to the historical figures who have allowed us to exercise this precious right.

Second, it's a contribution to all those who live in the same era as me.

Third, it's the most precious gift for those who will continue to live on this land even if I'm not in this world.

I woke up at 6 a.m. and voted with this heart.

With respect, contribution, and gifts.

I hope today is a day to exercise the precious right of one vote.

Please make sure to vote.

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