2nd Japan court rules Oct. election vote gap "in unconstitutional state"

A Japanese court on Thursday became the second to rule that the vote weight disparity in last year's general election was "in a state of unconstitutionality," but it also stopped short of nullifying the outcome as sought by plaintiffs.The ruling by the Osaka High Court was the third to be handed down in a slew of lawsuits filed at 14 high courts and their branches nationwide over the 2.08-fold disparity in the weight of votes between the most and least populated single-seat constituencies in October's House of Representatives election.The Takamatsu High Court made a similar ruling Tuesday, …READ FULL ARTICLE