The mayor of Manazuru Town, Kanagawa Prefecture, held a press conference, and when he was an employee of the town, he illegally copied the electoral list and took it out, and apologized for using it in the first elected mayoral election last year.
He plans to resign from the mayor in the future.
In this, Mayor Kazuhiko Matsumoto of Manazuru Town revealed that he had copied the electoral list used in the election of the governor of Kanagawa Prefecture, who was an employee of the town last February, and took it home.
The electoral list included the names and addresses of about 6,600 voters in the town.
The electoral list can be viewed for the purpose of campaigning or research / research with high public interest, but copying is prohibited.
Mayor Matsumoto used the list he brought out to send a postcard calling for support from voters in the mayoral election last September, and a former town official who was close to himself and ran for the town council election in September. It was also provided to the town, which was delivered by the general secretary of the town's election commission.
Mayor Matsumoto apologized, "I'm sorry I did something carelessly to keep the law. I have only remorse and regret." rice field.
The town plans to set up a third-party committee with outside experts as members to proceed with the investigation.