「違憲状態」４件目判決　７月参院選、１票の格差―広島高裁

　「１票の格差」が最大３．０３倍だった７月の参院選は投票価値の平等に反し違憲だとして、弁護士グループが選挙無効を求めた訴訟の判決が２８日、広島高裁であった。横溝邦彦裁判長は「違憲状態」と判断した上で、無効請求は退けた。
　二つの弁護士グループが全国の高裁・支部に起こした計１６件の訴訟で６件目の判決。これで「違憲状態」が４件、「合憲」が２件となった。
　横溝裁判長は「投票価値の不均衡について、違憲の問題が生じる程度の著しい不平等状態にあった」と判断した。
　その上で、最大格差が３．０８倍だった２０１６年選挙について、最高裁が「合憲」と判断したことなどから、横溝裁判長は「（違憲状態と）認識できたとは認められない」と指摘。格差が是正されなかったことが「国会の裁量権の限界を超えたとは言えない」とした。（2022/10/28-18:02）

Hiroshima High Court became the fourth court in Japan on Friday to rule that the House of Councillors election in July was held in a state of unconstitutionality in terms of vote-value disparities.
   The ruling was the sixth on a total of 16 lawsuits that have been filed with high courts and high court branches across the country by two groups of lawyers over the election, in which the maximum gap in the value of votes between the constituencies with the highest and lowest numbers of eligible voters was 3.03 times.
   The remaining courts are slated to give rulings by Nov. 15, and the Supreme Court is expected later to issue a unified decision.
   At the Hiroshima court in western Japan, Presiding Judge Kunihiko Yokomizo said the situation was significantly unfair and could raise suspicion that the Upper House election was unconstitutional.
   The court, meanwhile, rejected the plaintiffs' demand to nullify the election results.