"Before-Movement Polling Place" A bus with a ballot box patrols Shizuoka April 20, 18:31
In the by-elections in the 4th ward of the lower house of Shizuoka announced on 14th of this month, a bus carrying a ballot box circulates within the constituency in order to get dispersed votes to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. The daytime polling place "was opened.
In the early voting of the by-elections in the 4th ward of the Lower House of Shizuoka, the Election Commission is trying to spread voters by increasing the number of polling stations and extending the voting time in order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection. We are.
As part of this, starting from the 20th, a "moving deadline polling place" was opened in which a bus with a ballot box circulates in the constituency, and voters were stopped on the bus parked at a municipal parking lot in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka City. I boarded and cast one vote.
Outside the bus, the staff in charge was trying to prevent infection by giving disposable voters gloves to voters and often disinfecting pencils and other items.
A 76-year-old woman said, "I think these efforts are effective because I want to avoid crowded places."
Yuichiro Motono, Secretary-General of the Shimizu Ward Election Commission, said, "I want to prevent infection and try to reach the vote of as many voters as possible."
There are 6 "Movement Advance Polling Places" in Shizuoka City starting from the 20th and 7 places in Fujinomiya City starting from the 21st.