Which of the following is true of Japan's new electoral system introduced in 1994?
A. Each voter casts four ballots for elections to the lower chamber of the Diet.
B. All candidates must appeal to the party leaders in order to obtain nomination for PR
districts, unlike SMDs.
C. It helped decentralize parties and pushed Japan's opposition to separate into
several strong parties.
D. In the single-member districts, voters cast ballots for individuals rather than parties.
E. It forced all candidates to compete against each other for attention.
D
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