洋よう上じょう投とう票ひょう

noun

on-the-sea ballot; maritime absentee voting

A system allowing crew members on ships to cast votes in national elections, typically by fax, when they are at sea and cannot visit a polling station.

• 洋よう上じょう投とう票ひょう制せい度どにより、船せん員いんも国こく政せい選せん挙きょに参さん加かできる。

  Thanks to the maritime absentee voting system, crew members can also participate in national elections.