About voting

• 1 Voting on election date (voting date)

• 2 Early voting and absentee voting

• 3 Postal Voting

• 4 Overseas Elections

• 5 Offshore voting

Facilities in the polling district where you are registered in the electoral list will be your polling place on the election date (voting date).
Voting time is from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
　List of polling places
　How to vote　

Elections are based on the principle of voting at the polling place on the election date (voting date), but if you can not go to the polling place due to work or errands on the day of the voting day, other than the area where you live for work or travel There is a voting system that takes into account various situations, such as when you go to a place or move into a facility, and those who cannot go to the polling place on the election date (voting date (voting date) can also vote .

With the revision of the Public Office Election Law (enforced on December 1, 2003), the absentee voting affairs performed by the municipality election committee of the electoral list registration place in the conventional absentee voting system have been simplified. Voting can be done in the same way as the election date (voting date) (method of putting the ballot directly into the ballot box), and the name is also "early vote".
Please see Yokohama-shi board of elections homepage in detail about early vote.

In addition, about absentee vote in place except electoral list registration place (voting in designated facilities such as hospitals, nursing homes, ships and other municipal election committees), absentee vote by mail, It continues as the "absentee voting system".

●If you have a job or school on the voting day
●When going out on the voting day, such as leisure or travel
●When walking is difficult due to illness, childbirth, physical disability, etc.
●If you have moved from Address to a district with a different polling place, outside the ward, or outside the city by the day of the voting day, or have already moved.

From the day after the announcement (notification) of the election to the day before the election date (voting date)

You can vote at the early polling place in the ward, regardless of your Address.
We will inform you of the installation period and voting time when the election is near.

Please fill in the “Invoice (and Oath)” on the back of the “Voting Information” and bring it to the early polling place. If you do not have the "Voting Information", you can vote by filling out the form (invoice and oath) provided at the early polling place.

If you are staying in a municipality other than your ward during the election period due to a business trip, travel, childbirth, etc., you can vote at the Election Commission of your place of stay after the prescribed procedure. It will take a few days to complete the procedure, so please allow enough time.
●Click here for voting at the municipality where you work or travel.

If you are hospitalized or admitted to a hospital or nursing home during the election period, you can vote at that facility if the facility is designated by the prefectural board of elections as an absentee voting designated facility. I can do it. If you are going to complete the procedure, please contact the facility as soon as possible.
●Click here for hospitalization and voting at hospitals and nursing homes that are in the hospital.

If you have a certificate of the physically handicapped, a certificate of the sick or an insured person of The Long-term Care Insurance and meet certain requirements, you can vote for absentees by mail at the place where the person resides. I can. In addition, those with specific disabilities can have a person who has notified the Election Commission in advance make a proxy entry (substitute entry system).

●Absentee voting system leaflet by mail, etc.
　"Do you know? Absentee voting system by mail, etc. (PDF: 3,088KB)

※Even those who are listed only as "single upper and lower limb dysfunction" in the certificate of the physically handicapped, if it is clearly recognized that walking is not possible by a medical certificate for the physically handicapped, trunk dysfunction (grade 2) May be applicable. In addition, those who have a certificate of disability and have certain severe physical disabilities can also vote by mail. If you do not know if it is applicable in the notebook, please contact the Election Commission.

For the municipal election committee registered in the electoral list, the “Voting Certificate Grant Application Form for Postal Mail” (PDF: 145KB) signed by the electorate, the certificate of the physically handicapped, the certificate of the sick or injured Or attach one of the The Long-term Care Insurance's insured card (attach the original) and apply. In addition, as it takes time to issue a voting certificate such as mail, when applying, please contact the Election Commission of the application destination.
The validity period of the "Certificate of Voting, etc." of the person requiring care is from the date of issuance to the last day of the validity period of the certification of the need for nursing care 5 listed on the certificate of insured person in The Long-term Care Insurance. The expiration date of the "voting certificate for mail" other than those requiring care is seven years from the date of grant. If the deadline expires, you will need to apply for a reissue.
※Please print out and use the voting certificate grant application form (PDF: 145KB) such as mail.

When an election is held, an "invoice such as ballots" will be sent to the elector who has been issued a "voting certificate such as mail". Please fill in required items and return it to the Election Commission at least four days before the election date. A ballot will be sent, so please return the ballots after filling out the ballot.
※The invoice must be signed by the elector himself.

Those who are eligible for absentee voting by mail and who meet the following requirements are required to submit a statement about voting to one proxy registrant (a person who has the right to vote) who has notified the Election Commission of the ward in advance. can do.

In order to perform voting by proxy, in addition to the application for the issuance of a “voting certificate for mail, etc.”, perform the procedure for certifying that you are eligible for the proxy entry system in advance and the procedure for notification of the person who should be the proxy registrant. is needed. These procedures can be performed at the same time. In addition, if the procedure for certifying that you are eligible for the proxy entry system is performed at the same time as the application for the issuance of a “voting certificate for mail, etc.”, it is not necessary to sign the “voting certificate for mail, etc.”.

For more information about postal voting, please see the Yokohama City Election Commission website.

This is a system in which Japanese people aged 18 and over who live abroad can vote in national elections and the Supreme Court Judge National Examination by registering in the overseas electoral list. To vote abroad, apply for registration in the overseas electoral list and receive a "overseas electoral card".

<Registration Qualification>
　Japanese citizens aged 18 or older who are registered in the electoral list in the final Address area
<Application method>　　
　After submitting a transfer notification outside of Japan, please submit the application to the Election Commission of the final Address.

<Registration Qualification>
　Japanese citizens aged 18 or older who have lived in the jurisdiction of the consulate in charge of the Address for at least three months.
<Application method>
　Please submit the application form to the window of the diplomatic mission abroad (embassy or consulate general). In principle, it is registered by the Election Commission of the final Address area in Japan.
(If you were born abroad and have never lived in Japan, or if you left Japan by April 30, 1994, you will be registered at your permanent address.)

There are three different ways. If you have an overseas electoral card, you can vote in one of the following ways.
A. Overseas diplomatic mission voting: A method of going to a diplomatic mission abroad that conducts overseas voting to vote.
B. Postal voting: Sending an “invoice” and “overseas electoral card” to the municipal election committee in Japan registered in the overseas electoral list by international mail, etc. How to request a ballot and vote
C) Voting in Japan: How to present your overseas electoral card and vote (public notice (notification) from the day after returning to Japan until it is registered in the domestic electoral list)
Those who are registered in the Tsurumi Ward overseas electoral list can vote only at the Tsurumi Ward Office (3-20-1 Tsurumi Chuo, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama).

Please see Yokohama-shi board of elections homepage in detail about overseas election.

This is an absentee voting system for seafarers boarding designated vessels.
In order to vote at sea, it is necessary to have been issued an electoral list registration certificate from the Election Commission of the municipality with the electoral list in advance.

Please see Yokohama-shi board of elections homepage in detail about offshore vote.