Court rejects lawsuit to void July national election in Japan

Court rejects lawsuit to void July national election in Japan

Lawyers seeking to nullify the 2016 upper house election due to disparity in vote value display the summary of the decision by the Okayama branch of the Hiroshima High Court in the western Japan city of Okayama on Oct. 14, 2016. The court turned down the suit while determining that the disparity in the weight of vote between the most and least represented constituencies was "in a state of unconstitutionality." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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