Last Sunday, I went with my wife and senior daughter to a city facility to vote before the deadline.

We decided to walk 30 minutes each way to get some exercise.

The location and time were correct, but the date was wrong.

Voting day was July 5, and pre-voting began on June 30.

I was wrong to decide "from 10 days ago" unilaterally, however, was it such a short time?

I feel uncomfortable with this time period because I have pre-voted every time.

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I searched a little.

There is a replacement of Article 39 in Article 48-2, Paragraph 6, Item 6 of the Public Offices Election Law, anyway,

Only the city hall must start from the day after the announcement, however, regarding other polling stations, it seems that it is up to municipal election committee that means, "the period decided by the municipal election committee".

I wondered if they shortened the period due to the corona disaster. As a result of further investigation, it seems that the administrative districts have different responses.

For example, Adachi Ward has decided to open all ten locations for the full period of time this time, whereas the previous time, only one location accepted applications for the full period of time (in order to reduce the risk of transmission of corona virus).

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Well, this event was for my family to walk for less than an hour.

I was frustrated, so I went to a supermarket on the way and bought some mackerel fillets and natto (fermented soybeans) that I didn't need. And then we went home.