By-elections (Minami Ward) by-elections (February 9, 2025)

It is an important election that determines the representatives of citizens.

Don't forget to go to the polls!

By-election (Minami Ward) result table (PDF: 203KB)

　Changes in the number of early voters (breaking news) (as of February 8) (PDF: 165KB)
　※Since this figure is a preliminary figure, the figures may be revised at a later date.

• Date of notification
  Friday, January 31, 2025

• Date of voting
  From 7:00 am to 8:00 pm on Sunday, February 9, 2025

• Counting votes
  (Same day counting) starts at 9:15 p.m.

The "Voting Information" sent in a sealed letter for each household is expected to arrive by Thursday, January 30.
Even if you do not have a "voting guide" or identification documents (my number card, driver's license, etc.), you can vote early or vote on the day.

• Candidate information and election bulletinBy-elections (Minami Ward Candidate Information and Election Bulletin) (February 9, 2025) Please take a look at it.

• Election bulletins will be distributed to each household two days before the election date (Friday, February 7).
  We will also prepare for ward offices, district centers, etc.
  In addition, we can read in early polling place and polling place on the day.

• "News of Elections" (speech translation of the Election Bulletin)Page (outside site) of association of Yokohama-shi visually impaired person welfare You can also listen to it.

Those who meet both age requirements and Address requirements

1. Age requirements (those who are 18 years or more as of voting date)
   ＊Those born by February 10, 2007 (the day following the day 18 years before the voting date)
2. Address requirements (those who have been recorded in the Basic Resident Register for at least three months since the date resident certificate was created)
   If you have changed Address, please check the following.

• Those who have moved in by Wednesday, October 30, 2024 (three months before the electoral list registration reference date)
  →You can vote.

• Those who have notified the transfer by Monday, January 13, 2025
  →You can vote.

• Those who have notified the transfer by Monday, January 13, 2025
  →You can vote in Address now.

• Those who have notified of transfer after Tuesday, January 14, 2025
  →You can vote at the previous Address.

• You must be on the electoral list of Minami Ward to vote.
• Those who have been recorded in the Basic Resident Register for more than three months will be registered in the electoral list.
• Those who have been transferred out of the city by the voting day cannot vote.
• Those who have been transferred from Minami Ward to other wards in the city and who have been notified of transfer by Monday, January 13, 2025 cannot vote.
  In addition, one who reported transfer after Tuesday, January 14, 2025 can vote.

If you cannot go to the polling place for certain reasons on the election date, you can vote even before the election date.
The available time varies depending on the early polling place.
Fill in the name, date of birth, etc. in advance on the “Invoice (and oath)” on the back of the “Voting Information” and bring it with you to accept it smoothly.
You can vote even if you do not have a "voting guide".
※Even if you receive a "voting guide", you may not be able to vote due to the relocation of Address.

For more information, please refer to the following link.
　
＊On Saturday the day before the voting day, early polling places tend to be crowded, so please cooperate with distributed voting.

• Ward office
  Location: Multipurpose Hall on the 1st floor of the Minami Ward OfficeMap (PDF: 810KB)）
  Period: From Saturday, February 1 to Saturday, February 8
  Time: From 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

• Extraordinary early polling place
  Location: Meeting Room 1 of Minami LibraryMap (PDF: 810KB)）
  Period: From Saturday, February 1 to Saturday, February 8
  Time: From 9:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

List of polling places (PDF: 116KB)

Location: Meeting room on the 7th floor of Minami Ward Office (2-33 Urafunecho, Minami-ku)

It is a system in which those who cannot vote on the election date (voting date) or early polling place vote before the election date (voting date).
※ The absentee voting procedure uses mail, so it will take a few days.
Please 　 request ballot papers and vote procedures as soon as possible.
※ Only when "those who are staying outside the ward due to business trips, travel, childbirth, etc." use the absentee voting system on the day of the voting day, use the "Yokohama City Electronic Application and Notification System" online using smartphones and personal computers etc. You can make an online request.

If you are hospitalized or hospitalized at a facility designated by the prefectural board of elections, you can vote at that facility.
Please refer to each facility for details.

Specifically, please confirm person admitted to hospital, nursing home.

If you have a certificate of the physically handicapped, a certificate of the sick or a certificate of insured person in The Long-term Care Insurance and meet certain requirements, you can vote at home or other places.
※ It is necessary to receive a vote certificate such as mail in advance. It will take a certain amount of time to receive the grant.
※ The deadline for requesting ballot papers is 4 days before the voting date (Wednesday, February 5).

Specifically, please confirm person with severe physical disability or person requiring nursing care 5 (voting such as mail).

In Yokohama-shi, ward Election Administration Committee, we work on maintenance of voting environment so that elector who came to polling place can vote safely and in peace and eventually lead to improvement of turnout .
Specifically, please confirm approach of creating environment that anyone can vote easily.

We have introduced a "voting support card" so that those who need assistance at the time of voting can receive the necessary support smoothly without explaining at the polling place.
For details, please check the voting support card.