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Kohoku Ward Election Information

Last Updated May 28, 2024

We update news of election and information to deepen understanding and interest in election from time to time.

Announcement of election

Please see the following page for the schedule of future elections. Elections will take place within 30 days prior to the end of the term.

Type of election

Announcements from the Election Commission

For those who come to absentee voting from other municipalities (outside Kohoku Ward)

Please confirm the time and place where absentee voting can be done on the next page in advance.

Person registered in electoral list of other municipalities performs absentee vote in Kohoku Ward

Call for Bright Election Message Card Contest

I'm looking forward to your work.

For the "future" who has won the right to vote at the age of 18, we hold a "bright election message card contest" to create a message that conveys the importance of voting participation.
Excellent works are scheduled to be exhibited at stations and shopping malls. We look forward to your continued support.

The theme of the work "Toward Me of the Future when I turned 18"

Please express your feelings "now" on your postcard, such as your expectations for voting and the dreams and hopes you want to fulfill with a single vote.

Bright Election Message Card Contest

Let's move resident certificate when we move.

For those who are moving to school or finding a job, in principle, their dormitories and apartments will be the new Address area.
Don't forget to move resident certificate so that you can vote in the New Address.

Well-known flyer (created by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) (PDF: 273KB)

Three months have passed since you moved resident certificate, you will be registered in the electoral list of New Address and you can vote in New Address.
If you have an election less than three months after you moved to resident certificate, you can vote in the former Address if you lived in the former Address for more than three months.
If you cannot go to the former Address area, you can use the absentee voting system. For more information, please refer to the following link.

Absentee vote at your accommodation

Let's go to the election with your children

Let's go to the election with your children
Look at your back, and children will vote in the future

Elections are a step towards the future

Voting with parents and children will be able to vote in the future. In the case of election, please come to polling place with your child.

About change such as division of lower house small constituency

With the partial revision of the Public Office Election Law, the division of constituencies for members of the lower house constituency have been partially changed.
Kohoku Ward, along with some areas of Tsuzuki Ward , was formerly the 7th ward of Kanagawa Prefecture. After the change, Kohoku Ward alone will become the seventh ward of Kanagawa Prefecture.
About fixed number by proportional representative constituency (block), fixed number of southern Kanto constituency to which Kanagawa belongs increases by one person to 23 people.
From the next lower house general election, elections are held in new constituencies, fixed numbers.

Yokohama City Election Administration Commission Homepage
Kanagawa Election Administration Commission homepage (outside site)
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications website (outside site)
Flyer of summary (PDF: 1,160KB)(Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
For Yokohama City and Kawasaki City (PDF: 590KB)(Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)

Revisions
	Prior to revision	After revision
7th ward, Kanagawa Prefecture	Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama (part)	Kohoku-ku, Yokohama-shi

About overseas voting of the Supreme Court National Examination

A partial amendment to the Supreme Court Judge's National Examination Law allows those residing abroad to vote for the Supreme Court judge's national review. For details, please see the flyer created by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications or the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications website.

Well-known flyer (created by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) (PDF: 4,159KB)
I see! The Supreme Court Judge National Examination System (outside site)(Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)

In addition, in order to vote abroad, it is necessary to be registered in the overseas electoral list and have been issued an overseas electoral card. For more information, please refer to the following link.