高裁宮崎支部は「違憲状態」　７月参院選、１票の格差

　「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訴えた訴訟の判決が４日、福岡高裁宮崎支部であった。高橋亮介裁判長は「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１４の高裁・支部に起こした計１６件の訴訟で１０件目の判決。今回の判決で、「違憲」１件、「違憲状態」５件、「合憲」４件となった。１５日までに全ての判決が出そろい、最高裁が統一判断を示す見通し。（2022/11/04-17:22）

The Miyazaki branch of Fukuoka High Court became the fifth 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 10th decision 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.
   The maximum vote-value disparity between prefectural constituencies was 3.03 times in the election for the upper chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament.
   The court in the southwestern Japan city of Miyazaki rejected the plaintiffs' demand to nullify the election results.
   With Friday's ruling, one court has ruled the election to be unconstitutional, five have said that the poll was held in a state of unconstitutionality and four found the election constitutional.