Preliminary voting begins for Tokyo Governor election June 19 12:06

While measures were taken to prevent infection with the new coronavirus, the early voting of the Tokyo Governor's election announced on the 18th began.

A total of 22 candidates ran for the Tokyo Governor's election, the largest number ever, and they entered the election campaign toward the voting day on the 5th of next month.

On the 19th, early voting started for those who could not vote due to work or other reasons on the day of the vote. Among them, voters at the Musashino City Hall polling station visited in the morning to vote.

As a measure to prevent infection with the new coronavirus at this polling place, pencils disinfected with alcohol are prepared, people who work at the polling place wear face guards and gloves, and a sheet to prevent flying is put up at the reception. I was responding. We also took measures to regularly disinfect used pencils and writing boards.

This time, the election council of Tokyo and each municipality is calling for positive use of early voting to avoid crowding people at the polling place, and during the election period, the last four years in Tokyo. There will be 304 pre-date polling stations, 18 more than in the previous election.

The early voting of the Tokyo Governor's election will be held until the 4th of the next month, the day before the voting date, except for some cases.