Court rules vote weight disparity "unconstitutional"

Court rules vote weight disparity "unconstitutional"

Lawyers seeking to invalid the 2016 upper house election in Japan due to the vote weight disparity head to the Osaka High Court on Oct. 20, 2016, to hear its ruling. While determining that the disparity was "in a state of unconstitutionality," the court turned down the lawsuit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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