Electoral redistricting bill enacted to pare down vote weight gap

Electoral redistricting bill enacted to pare down vote weight gap

Internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi bows in appreciation during a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on June 9, 2017, after a bill was enacted to revise lower house electoral districts to reduce the disparity in the weight of votes between densely and sparsely populated precincts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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