A boy places his grandmother's vote into a ballot box at a polling station in Tokyo on Sunday.
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A boy places his grandmother's vote into a ballot box at a polling station in Tokyo on Sunday.
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smithinjapan
Is that even legal? It's cute, for sure, but just a question. Anyway, the only 'message' being sent is that Japan wants more of the same old, same old.
HollisBrown
What are the legalities of that? Surely that vote should be discounted.
Bulak Ohya
For sure the granny voted not the grandson. It just the little boy who dropped the vote in the ballot box. nothing's wrong I guess.
sillygirl
the little boy dropping the ballot in should not be legal. i begin to have doubts about ballot stuffing.
some14some
Neither granny nor grandson know anything about voting and legality, pls forgive them :)
kimuzukashiiiii
Are you kidding? The grandchild probably voted...
And no, it is not legal. Either is for more than 1 person to enter a polling box at a time, which more than likely happened.
Whatever, whoever wins we are all screwed anyways... ?>
Pukey2
smith:
Yes, with a big emphasis on the words 'same' and 'old'!
The passage
Come on chaps, since when did encouraging the young to participate in elections be a bad thing? Good on her, and hope he steps up in 19 years time when it is really his turn. Looks like it could be a sub 50% turn out again which is a disaster for democracy, as it would suggest that nothing is wrong, or nothing can be changed!
tmarie
Wow. Glad to see that folks here take this seriously. No place for a child at a voting station. More so when said child is probably going to be ticked that granny voted for someone who doesn't give a damn about the state they're going to leave Japan to this child when they are of voting age.