Prior to the summer House of Councilors election, a video conference was held in which officials from election administration committees nationwide participated, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said that there were a series of clerical mistakes and fraud at polling stations and ballot counting stations. We requested thorough confirmation, efforts to execute strict elections, and thorough measures against the new corona.
The meeting will be attended by the chairman and general secretary of the election administration committees of prefectures and ordinance-designated cities, and officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will announce that the House of Councilors election will be scheduled for next month if the current ordinary Diet is not extended. The announcement announced that it will be voted on July 10.
In addition, in the House of Representatives election in October last year, 296 cases of clerical mistakes and fraud, such as double ballot issuance and errors in counting the results of ballot counting, were reported, and prior training and confirmation work on the day were carried out. I requested that you try to execute a thorough and strict election.
In addition, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has requested that patients who have been infected with the new corona and have been requested to refrain from going out be informed of the system that allows postal voting, and that they should take thorough measures against infection such as alleviating congestion at polling stations. With the turnout of national elections slumping, we called on local governments to put more effort into PR activities for voters.