期日前投票に１６１２万人　過去最多の勢い【２２参院選】

　総務省は９日、参院選の公示翌日から８日までの１６日間で１６１２万２０９３人が期日前投票を済ませたと発表した。全有権者の１５．２９％に相当する。
　参院選の期日前投票者数は前回２０１９年の１７０６万２８１６人が最多。今回は通例より公示が１日早まり、選挙期間がその分長くなったこともあり、投開票２日前時点での投票者数は前回を約１９５万人上回っていて、過去最多を更新する勢いで推移している。
　総務省はまた、公示１１日後の７月３日時点で期日前投票を行った人数を７７８万６８６７人に訂正した。同省によると、東京、静岡、岡山各選挙区で集計ミスがあったためで、当初の発表から１４人減った。（2022/07/09-20:12）

A total of 16,122,093 people across Japan have cast their votes early in the House of Councillors election on Sunday, representing 15.29 pct of all registered voters, the internal affairs ministry said Saturday.
   The votes were cast over 16 days between June 23, a day after the start of the official campaign period for the election for the upper chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, and Friday. Early votes were allowed until Saturday, the final day of the 18-day campaign period.
   The number of early voters in an Upper House poll may hit a record high this time, as the campaign period for Sunday's election began a day earlier than usual and the period is longer as a result. The current record is 17,062,816, marked in the previous 2019 election.
   The ministry also said that the number of early voters as of last Sunday has been corrected to 7,786,867, down by 14 from the earlier reported figure, due to vote-counting errors in the prefectural constituencies of Tokyo, Shizuoka and Okayama.