Electoral redistricting bill enacted to pare down vote weight gap

Electoral redistricting bill enacted to pare down vote weight gap

A bill is enacted during a House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo on June 9, 2017 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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