零れい票ひょう確かく認にん

noun

empty ballot box confirmation

A formal procedure in Japanese elections: the first voter at a polling station confirms the ballot box is empty before voting starts. This term is domain-specific to election administration.

• 投とう票ひょう所じょでは、最さい初しょの有ゆう権けん者しゃが零れい票ひょう確かく認にんを行おこないます。

  At the polling station, the first voter performs the empty ballot box confirmation.

• 零れい票ひょう確かく認にんは、選せん挙きょの公こう正せいを保たもつための大たい切せつな手て続つづきです。

  Empty ballot box confirmation is an important procedure to ensure the fairness of elections.