nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230307-185302-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230307s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230307-185302-0 doi eng 342 23 Lee, Josephina Author aut (orcid)0009-0004-9063-3350 Freeing Political Expression - How a Milestone Decision of the South Korean Constitutional Court Might Transform Election Campaigns Lee, Josephina Verfassungsblog 2023-03-07 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The South Korean parliament is in the midst of an intensive debate on electoral reform. Yet, a crucial element of necessary electoral law reform is missing in these debate: Last year, the Constitutional Court declared a controversial paragraph from the Electoral Act as unconstitutional and unjustly restricting freedom of expression. Failing to revise the targeted paragraph corresponding to the Constitutional Court’s decision in the upcoming legislature periods - by the latest of July 31, 2023 - would inevitably lead to a legal vacuum. In this blog post, I shed some light on the Constitutional Court’s 2022 decision and explain why the ruling could have a major impact on how election campaigns are conducted in South Korea. CC BY-SA 4.0 Balancing election campaign Freedom of Expression Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/freeing-political-expression/ raw object