Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Matsumoto expressed his concerns from the perspective of ensuring fairness and impartiality about local government election management committees holding "boat matches" during elections in which candidates with similar ideas can be identified. It has been revealed that it has been notified to the nationwide elections.
"Boat Match" is a service that allows voters to answer questions on the Internet and find out who the candidates are similar to themselves. However, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications indicated that it might violate the Public Offices Election Law and gave up implementing it.
Regarding this, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Matsumoto said at a press conference on the 24th, ``If the election management committee conducts a ``boat match,'' there are issues and concerns, such as whether fairness and fairness can be ensured with limited questions. said.
On top of that, he said, "If it is judged that the members of the election administration committee or officials violate the prohibition of election activities, penalties may be imposed. In addition, it is judged that the freedom and fairness of elections have been harmed. If it does, the election may be invalidated and a re-election may be forced," he said, revealing that he had notified the Election Commission nationwide of this view.