In this House of Representatives election, more than 5.67 million people voted before the deadline by the 24th, an increase of more than 1.56 million compared to the same period of the previous House of Representatives election, and it has increased in all prefectures. I found it in the summary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has summarized the status of early voting from the 20th to the 24th of this month, the day after the announcement, through the election administration committees of all prefectures.



According to this, the number of people who voted before the deadline was 5,675,19, which is 5.37% of all voters.



This is an increase of 1,562,486 people compared to the same period of the last House of Representatives election in 2017, and an increase of 1.5 points in the percentage of voters.



By prefecture, Shizuoka prefecture, where the by-elections of the House of Councilors were held on the 24th, increased significantly by about 2.9 times, Yamaguchi prefecture by about 2.1 times, Shiga prefecture by about 1.9 times, Ishikawa prefecture and Wakayama prefecture. Is about 1.6 times, etc., and increased in all 47 prefectures.



Regarding this, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said, "In addition to the fact that the early voting system has become widespread among voters, the number of voters trying to avoid congestion on the day of voting to prevent infection with the new coronavirus has increased. Isn't it? "

Early polling place at the university to raise the turnout of young people

In an attempt to raise the turnout of young people, an early voting place for the House of Representatives election was set up at a university in Aomori City.



The early voting center was set up on the premises of Aomori Chuo Gakuin University in Aomori City.



The Aomori City Election Commission was set up on the 25th to encourage young people who tend to have low turnout to vote positively.



From the first day, students and faculty members visited, filled out the required documents, received ballots from the person in charge, and cast one vote each.



A 4-year-old male student who finished voting said, "I've been wondering if I could get involved in politics by going to vote. I think it's good to be able to do it at the university I always attend. I was talking.



Takeshi Fukuda, chief of the City Election Commission, said, "I wanted to create an environment that makes it easy for students to vote. I set it up. Feel free to visit."

"In the meantime of commuting to work or school" In the connecting passage of the station, the early voting place

Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture, has set up an early voting station in the connecting passage of the station from the 25th so that people can vote for the House of Representatives election while commuting to work or school.



The pre-date voting center for the House of Representatives election was set up at Kuwana Station, where Kintetsu and JR trains enter, and Kuwana City opened it for the first time targeting people who use the station to improve turnout.



When city officials set up a polling place in a corner of the connecting passage near the ticket gate and overlooked the railroad tracks and started accepting at 5 pm, station users and others visited one after another and voted. ..



According to the prefecture's Election Commission, this is the first time an early voting station has been set up on the premises of a station in Mie Prefecture.



A woman in her 40s who voted said, "I don't have much time to go to vote, so it's convenient to be able to vote on my way home."



Satoshi Takeuchi, secretary of the Kuwana City Election Commission, said, "You can vote without an admission ticket. People using the station can vote at the same time, so please vote."



Early voting at Kuwana Station is accepted from 5 pm to 8 pm for 5 days until the 29th of this month.