{"id":172163,"date":"2025-07-15T16:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T07:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172163&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-07-15T16:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T07:09:11","slug":"woman-casts-two-votes","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/woman-casts-two-votes\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman Casts Two Votes at Fukutsu Cit Early Voting Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A voting irregularity occurred in Fukutsu City on July 13 when a woman cast two ballots during early voting for the House of Councillors election. According to the city\u2019s election board, a man gave his ballot to the woman, who filled out both sheets despite staff intervention. When stopped, the man argued loudly, saying there was no problem, and during the distraction, the woman submitted both votes. Under current law, the ballots remain valid if correctly marked, as they cannot be removed from the sealed box before counting. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=15620643&amp;ymd=2025-07-14\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_voting-paper-photoac_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C934&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Woman Casts Two Votes at Fukutsu Cit Early Voting Station\" width=\"1400\" height=\"934\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_voting-paper-photoac_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_voting-paper-photoac_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_voting-paper-photoac_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fnn_voting-paper-photoac_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A voting irregularity occurred in Fukutsu City on July 13 when a woman cast two ballots during early voting for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172163","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-politics","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/172163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}