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"Nothing Will Change Unless You Vote," a University's "Election Concierge" Calls for Action Ahead of the Double Election for Governor and Mayor of Matsuyama [Ehime]
Summary
In Ehime Prefecture, the gubernatorial election and the Matsuyama mayoral election will be held on the 15th. Ahead of these double elections, university students acting as "election concierges" urged young people to vote at Ehime University on the 10th, aiming to increase voter turnout. The election concierges' appeal: "There's an election this Sunday. Please vote." With the double voting for the gubernatorial and Matsuyama mayoral elections fas…
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The city's election commission announced on the 10th that 8,907 votes were cast on the first day of early voting for the mayoral election in Matsuyama City, the capital of Ehime Prefecture, which is 3,784 votes higher than the first day of the most recent contested election eight years ago. In the Matsuyama mayoral election, three newcomers are engaged in a heated debate: former company employee Go Kinoshita (44), former prefectural assembly mem…