{"id":180579,"date":"2026-10-27T10:14:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T01:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180579&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-10-27T10:14:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T01:14:35","slug":"fukuoka-plans-electronic-voting-for-next-springs-assembly-election","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-plans-electronic-voting-for-next-springs-assembly-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka plans electronic voting for next spring\u2019s assembly election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka Prefecture plans to submit an ordinance in December to allow electronic voting in next spring\u2019s prefectural assembly election. Voters would select candidates on tablets or similar devices at polling stations. Only the six municipalities that already have enabling ordinances are expected to be ready for the election, provisionally scheduled for April 11, 2027. Kasuya used electronic voting in its August mayoral election, completing the count in about 25 minutes without major problems. Governor Seitaro Hattori said the system could reduce administrative work and speed up counting. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.web.nhk\/newsweb\/na\/nd-20261020de62042\" target=\"_blank\">NHK News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ntv.co.jp\/n\/fbs\/category\/politics\/fs56d83e7b762b45648b2f647f09dccf86\" target=\"_blank\">FBS News<\/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\/2026\/10\/fnn_election-boards-empty_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_election-boards-empty_2026_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_election-boards-empty_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_election-boards-empty_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_election-boards-empty_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: Fukuoka Now<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka Prefecture plans to submit an ordinance in December to allow electronic voting in next spring\u2019s prefectural assembly election. Voters would select candidates on tablets or similar devices at polling stations&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":180580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180579","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\/180579","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\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}