Customers can use the machines for withdrawals and deposits. Getting out the vote after getting to know them Before the general election scheduled for June 25, open debates are being planned where candidates running for election will be gathered so that representatives can be selected after directly hearing their political views. The movement is nationwide. Okinawa has three such districts. Currently, open debate is not allowed by election law.
Voters have no chance to hear the political views of candidates all gathered together.
Open debate was done away with in 1983, because people of certain political parties or religious organizations left after their party candidate had finished a speech, or trouble occurred when an opposition candidate was jeered. The association is planning to hold open debates in all three electoral districts. In the debates, equal time is given to each candidate, then discussions will be held about specific topics. The topics will cover base issues, promotion measures, and other subjects particular to each district. Dates and places to be announced later.