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 ...
A court ruled Friday that the vote disparity in last October's House of Representatives election was constitutional, in the first decision among a series of lawsuits challenging the results of the general election. The Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court dismissed plaintiffs' call to ...
Lawsuits filed to nullify Lower House election over vote-value disparity
A group of lawyers filed lawsuits seeking to invalidate the results of Sunday's Lower House election for all 289 single-seat districts. The group, led by Hidetoshi Masunaga, claimed the election was unconstitutional in terms of vote-value disparities. The lawyers said the election was invalid because it ...
Supreme court rules that vote gap in 2016 Upper House election is constitutional
The Supreme Court ruled the vote disparity in the July 2016 Upper House election to be constitutional, following more than a dozen conflicting rulings from lower courts.
Diet finally enacts electoral redistricting law to correct vote weight disparities across Japan
After years of stalling, the Diet enacted a law Friday to revise Lower House electoral districts to reduce voting weight disparities between densely and sparsely populated precincts that had marred the credibility of national elections. Based on population projections for 2020, the law will bring ...
Cabinet OKs bill that would bring vote weight disparity within constitutional threshold
A bill that would reduce vote weight disparity to a constitutional level by revising Lower House single-seat districts won approval Tuesday from the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Based on population projections for 2020, the changes would bring the maximum disparity between densely and ...
Only comprehensive reform can resolve the Lower House electoral system's problems.
Fukuoka court rejects suit over vote-value gap in July Upper House election
The Fukuoka High Court on Monday rejected a suit demanding that the outcome of the July Upper House election be invalidated due to the disparity in the weight of votes. The court said, however, that the maximum disparity of 3.08 times between the most and ...
Suit seeking to void July Upper House election over vote gap nixed
A Hiroshima court rejected a suit Wednesday demanding invalidation of the outcome of the July Upper House election due to disparity in the weight of votes, adding to a growing list of similar rulings over the election. But in the 10th ruling on similar lawsuits ...
Courts reject two more lawsuits seeking to void Upper House election
High courts on Thursday rejected two more lawsuits aimed at nullifying the results of the Upper House election in July over the nationwide disparities in voting values. The rulings were the latest in a series of cases challenging the election since last week. But the Osaka ...
Japan's courts split over vote-weight disparity in July election but none voids results
Three Japanese high courts on Wednesday rejected lawsuits seeking to invalidate the July Upper House election due to its vote weight disparity but gave differing opinions on the constitutionality of the disparity itself. The Miyazaki Branch of the Fukuoka High Court ruled that the maximum ...
Lawsuit seeking to invalidate July Upper House election nixed for second time
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 ...
