US EditionLawyers file lawsuit to nullify Upper House election
JAPAN, JUL 22 – Lawyers argue the maximum vote-value disparity of 3.13 times in the Upper House election violates constitutional population-based representation requirements.
Summary by The Japan Times
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On the 22nd, a group of lawyers simultaneously filed lawsuits with 14 high courts and high court branches across the country, seeking to invalidate the House of Councillors election held on the 20th, which was held without correcting the "gap in one vote," claiming that it violates the Constitution. A lawyer from the prefecture also filed a lawsuit in the Okinawa electoral district, claiming that the election is unconstitutional and invalid. Ora…
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