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Cabinet OKs plan to adjust electoral districts

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The Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approved May 16 an electoral law amendment bill that would revise Lower House single-seat electoral districts to reduce a disparity in the weight of votes.

Based on population projections for 2020, the changes would bring the maximum disparity between the country’s densely and sparsely populated districts down to 1.999 to 1.

That is just under the 2-to-1 ratio that the Supreme Court has established under the Constitution to give all voters equality under the law. (Kyodo)

小選挙区の区割り法案、閣議決定

政府は５月16日、衆院の１票の格差是正に向け、小選挙区の区割りを見直す公選法改正案を閣議決定した。2020年見込み人口での１票の最大格差は1.999倍に縮小する。

The Japan Times ST: May 26, 2017