House of Representatives general election and Supreme Court Judge National Examination (Executed on October 27, 2024)

・Date of announcement
　Tuesday, October 15, 2024

・Date of voting
　From 7:00 am to 8:00 pm on Sunday, October 27, 2024

・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 Wednesday, October 23.
(After Tuesday, October 15, it will be shipped sequentially from the post office.)

Even if you do not have a "voting guide", you can vote early or vote on the day.

Election bulletins (small constituencies and proportional representatives) and examination bulletins (national screening) will be distributed to each household two days before the election date (Friday, October 25).
Prepare for each ward office, district center and sports center.
In addition, we can read in early polling place and polling place on the day.

※The Internet version will be posted on the Kanagawa Prefecture website (outside site).

・Small-seat constituencies
　Enter the name of one candidate on the ballot paper (Asagi color (light blue))

・Proportional representation election
　Enter the name of the political party on the ballot paper (pink)

・Supreme Court National Examination
　On the ballot paper (Uguisu color), enter X in the applicable column of the name of the judge who wants to quit among the names of the judges listed.

Japanese citizens 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 October 28, 2006 (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 Sunday, July 14, 2024 (three months before the electoral list registration reference date)
　→It will be a vote in Address after moving in.
Those who have moved in after Monday, July 15, 2024
　→It will be a vote in Address before moving in.

Person who reported section (or in ward) transfer by Tuesday, October 1, 2024
　→It will be a vote in Address after the transfer.
Person who reported section (or in ward) transfer after Wednesday, October 2, 2024
　→It will be a vote in Address before the transfer.

1. To vote, you need to be registered in the electoral list.
2. Those who are recorded in the Basic Resident Register and have Address requirements are registered in the electoral list.
3. Those who vote in "Previous Address" must be registered in the electoral list of the previous Address.
4. If you have moved in from outside Yokohama City after July 15, 2024 and have passed four months from the date you moved out of the previous Address area, please note that you will not be able to vote in Address before.

If you cannot go to the polling place for certain reasons on the election date, you can vote even before the election date.
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.
※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.

Period: From Wednesday, October 16 to Saturday, October 26
Time: From 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

※For early polling places other than the ward office, the period and time when you can vote for each early polling place are different.

List of counting stations (scheduled to be posted in the future)

In Yokohama-shi, ward Election Administration Committee, we work on maintenance of voting environment so that voters can vote safely and in peace and, in turn, lead to improvement of turnout.

Specifically, please see approach of creating environment that anyone can vote easily.

From this election, we will introduce a "voting support card" to create an environment where those who need assistance at the time of voting can easily convey their intentions.

Specifically, please see vote support card.

※Requests for absentee voting should be made as soon as possible.

If you are staying outside the ward on the day of the voting day due to work, travel, childbirth, etc., you can vote at the nearest Election Commission, such as your place of stay.

1. Fill out the “Invoice and Oath” with required items and submit it directly or by mail to the Election Commission of the ward registered in the electoral list online to request a ballot.
   ※required documents is in the board of elections of the municipality where you stay. You can also download it from those who are staying outside the city for business trips, travels, childbirths, etc.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　※If you would like to request a ballot online, please contact the Yokohama City Electronic Application and Notification System "October 27, 2024 General Election of the House of Representatives and the Supreme Court Judge National Examination List. Request for ballot papers in absentee voting, etc. "(outside site).
2. In addition to ballot papers and voting envelopes (outer and inner envelopes), you will receive an absentee voting certificate.
3. From the day after the announcement date (Wednesday, October 16) to Saturday, October 27, have the necessary documents for voting and vote at the nearest municipal election committee such as your place of stay Please give me.
   ※Please bring the envelope containing the absentee vote certificate without opening it.
   ※Please do not write the candidate's name on the ballot in advance.

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.

For details, please check from those who are hospitalized or admitted to hospitals, nursing homes, etc.

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, October 23).

In addition, please confirm the details from person with severe physical disability or person requiring nursing care 5 (voting such as mail).

A member of the House of Representatives who has the right to vote can vote for the Supreme Court Judge National Examination.
The law that partially revises the Supreme Court Judge National Examination Act (promulgated on November 18, 2022, enforced on February 17, 2023), enables overseas voting and offshore voting for the Supreme Court Judge National Examination.

Information on the judges to be judged will be posted on the Kanagawa Prefecture website (outside site).