A man without the right to be elected runs for elections in Tokyo Hinodecho August 26, 11:18
Tokyo election due to the expiry of the term As a result of the fact that there is no actual situation of living in the town and a man without the right to be elected, the candidate has exceeded the capacity, and the vote was held on the 25th. All the votes for this candidate were invalid, but it cost 4 million yen due to the vote.
According to the Hinode-cho Election Management Committee, the town council election was announced on the 20th of this month, and 15 people were nominated for 14 seats and entered the campaign.
After that, one of the candidates, a 50-year-old man, made it clear in the election bulletin that he had no right to be elected, and a selection survey revealed that there was no actual living in the town.
In the election bulletin, the candidate explains why he was running as “because there is a question about the current election system”.
According to the election, according to the Public Office Election Law, if the documents for candidacy of the candidate are formally prepared, it can not be rejected by the address requirement, so in accordance with the law, we decided to handle it as an invalid vote immediately before the vote opening work about it.
In the current election, the cost of no voting was estimated to be about 9 million yen, but as a result of entering the election campaign and a vote of votes, it cost about 4 million yen.