House of Representatives election 47 prefectures selected Gender of candidates Not published in the bulletin

When NHK interviewed about the gender treatment of those who run for the House of Representatives election, all 47 prefectures' election administration committees answered that they would not publish in the bulletin.

Experts say, "It makes sense in terms of making it easier for LGBT people to run."

Regarding the treatment of the gender of those who run for the House of Representatives election, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications stopped publishing the candidates for proportional representation who accept notifications in the official bulletin, and in July last year, refer to such measures in the single-seat constituencies. I notified the prefectural election administration committee to do so.

Prior to the first national election of the House of Representatives, NHK interviewed the prefectural election administration committees on how to handle the gender of candidates through broadcasting stations in each region.

As a result, the Election Commissions of all 47 prefectures answered that they would not publish in the bulletin.

Last time, four years ago, about half of the election administration committees published the gender of candidates in the bulletin.

Regarding these changes, Associate Professor Kazunori Kawamura of Tohoku University Graduate School, who is familiar with the election system, said, "As a trend in the world, we are becoming more sensitive to the protection of personal information, and the Election Administration Committee is proactive in providing information such as gender even if it is a candidate. It can be said that it is not necessary to put it out in the university. It can be said that it makes sense in that it makes it easier for LGBT people to run for office. "

And, "Now, the candidates themselves can send information online, and the subject of the transmission is shifting from the election administration committee to the candidate side. Voters also recognize that the times are changing and decide the voting destination We need to do it. "

Hokkaido selection "To create an environment that makes it easy to run for candidacy"

In the last House of Representatives election, Kazuhiro Okabe, chief of the Hokkaido Election Commission, who published the gender in the bulletin, said, "Let's create an environment where it is as easy to run as possible, considering privacy protection and consideration for transgender people. With that in mind, we made this change. If there are people who are refraining from running for candidacy by stating their gender, I hope they will consider participating in politics. " increase.