Lower House redistricting threatens clash of titans within LDP
With a single-seat district to be cut in Yamaguchi, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could end up fighting for the remaining seats and resulting influence.
Martin Luther King's family joins call for U.S. voting reform
Members of Martin Luther King Jr.'s family joined marchers Monday in Washington urging Congress to pass voting rights reform.
Japan's top court rules 2019 election vote weight gap is constitutional
Following 16 conflicting rulings from lower courts, the top court rejected the plaintiffs' demand for the outcomes of the House of Councilors election held on July 21, 2019, to be nullified.
Sapporo High Court rules July election is in 'state of unconstitutionality' due to vote disparity
The Sapporo High Court ruled Thursday that July's Upper House election was in a "state of unconstitutionality" due to a disparity in the value of a vote between the most and least-populated constituencies, with some being worth up to three times more. But the court ...
Court rules July poll result was 'unconstitutional' due to vote disparity
A court on Wednesday ruled July's Upper House election was in a "state of unconstitutionality" due to disparities in the weight of a single vote between urban and rural constituencies. But the high court in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, turned down the plaintiffs' demand to nullify ...
The amendment to the Public Offices Election Law that was hastily enacted this week highlights all the more the need for a more fundamental overhaul.
The Diet on Wednesday passed a controversial bill, sponsored by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling party, to increase the number of seats in the Upper House for the first time in nearly five decades in pursuit of making the electoral system fairer. The approval of ...
The LDP's proposed electoral system amendment won't solve the vote-value disparity problem and may conflict with the Constitution's Article 43.
High court rules vote weight gap in Japan's 2017 general election was unconstitutional
A high court ruled Wednesday that the gap in the weight of votes in last October's Lower House election amounted to "a state of unconstitutionality," despite previous high court rulings accepting the level of disparity. Of the 14 lawsuits dealing with the weight disparities of ...
Two high courts rule Japan's October election was constitutional amid vote disparity challenge
Two high courts ruled Tuesday that a less than twofold vote disparity in last October's Lower House election was constitutional, dismissing plaintiffs' calls to invalidate the outcome. Presiding Judge Takeshi Yamamoto at the Sendai High Court's Akita branch said the electoral districts adopted in the ...
