The House of Councilors election announced on the 22nd began early voting on the 23rd.
In the Senate election, 545 people, including the constituencies and proportional representatives, are running, and the election contest has begun on issues such as evaluation of the Kishida administration, measures against rising prices, and diplomatic and security policies.
From the 23rd, early voting for voters who cannot vote due to work or travel began on the polling day of July 10.
As a general rule, early voting is accepted from 8:30 am to 8:00 pm at the "early polling place" established by the local government.
Since the introduction of the early voting system in 2003, the number of users has gradually increased, and in the previous Upper House election three years ago, about 17.06 million people, which is more than 16% of all voters, voted early. I did it.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, in order to have more people use this election, in addition to public facilities such as the city hall, 76 places such as universities, 376 places such as shopping centers, and station premises There will be 14 early voting stations.
Also, to make it easier for people with work on weekdays, 407 locations will start voting earlier than 8:30 am or postpone it after 8 pm.
Early voting for the Upper House election will take place from the 23rd to July 9th, the day before the voting date.