For the second time in less than a week, a high court has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the July Upper House election over the disparity in the value of votes in the most and least represented constituencies.
The Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court did not void the election in its ruling Monday, but it did say that the vote weight disparity of up to 3.08 times was "in a state of unconstitutionality," the same judgment made by the Okayama branch of the Hiroshima High Court last Friday.
Plaintiffs in both cases immediately appealed the rulings to the Supreme Court.