The Tottori Prefectural Meeting on Thursday unanimously handed an ordinance banning the usage of official boards for election candidates’ posters for functions unrelated to election campaigns.
The transfer got here after many unrelated posters have been displayed in the course of the marketing campaign interval for the July 7 Tokyo gubernatorial election. The Tottori Prefectural Authorities goals to implement the ordinance promptly.
It’s the first time a prefecture has enacted such an ordinance for the reason that Tokyo ballot, in accordance with the Nationwide Governors’ Affiliation.
Along with the ban on unrelated posters equivalent to these for business functions, the ordinance clarified that just one poster will be displayed per candidate on every board.
Whereas there aren’t any penal provisions for violators, the measure permits native election authorities to take crucial steps towards violations, equivalent to issuing orders to take away problematic posters.
“The (content material of the) ordinance itself is already written within the public places of work election regulation,” Tottori Governor Shinji Hirai informed a information convention after a prefectural meeting assembly.
“I imagine it must be utilized from the upcoming election for the Home of Representatives” on Oct. 27, he added.