Elections are conducted by mail. Voters who are registered as of the 21st day before an election are mailed a ballot to vote and return by election day. The use of vote-by-mail was first approved on a limited basis by the Legislature in 1981 and was made a permanent feature of some elections in 1987.
Kubota Corp. has appointed Masato Yoshikawa as the new president of Kubota Tractor Corporation (KTC), based in Torrance, Calif. Yoshikawa is a 32-year Kubota veteran and most recently held the position of general manager, corporate planning and control department for Kubota Corporation, headquartered in Osaka, Japan.
Nintendo fans around the world are in mourning. Satoru Iwata, the company's president, has passed away at the age of 55, according to a statement issued by Nintendo. The cause of death was a bile duct tumor. Iwata was named president of the company in 2002, when he succeeded Hiroshi Yamauchi.