안녕하세요! 얼마전에 총선에 관한 글 봤는데 저희 소롱포기사단중에 총선 투표 경험이 있는 팬들이 좀 있어서 정보를 정리해서 글 한번 써봤어요. 정보를 정확히 전달할 수 있도록 영어로 썼는데 영어를 잘 하시는 미우단분들 부탁드립니다!! 총선 우리 모두 힘냅시당~

[Experiences on Senbatsu election from the Chinese fans]

First off, the fundraising should start up as early as possible, since the booking of voting tickets will be available on the internet 3 to 4 months prior to the election. For those who want to attend the handshake event, our suggestion is go for the [個別握手会(개별악수회)]. you can go for Miu's handshake on the day of selection 【one cd (include the handshake ticket) = about 1000 Japanese yen】 In addition, you can get the 2生写眞(생사진)cd by 7 draw or 8 draw (handshake ticket no included), so for those who can't go to the handshake event and want to get the 生写眞 this will be a better option. So your voting cost will be at: the number of times you draw the handshake * a 劇場盤(극장반) cd cost the shipping & transfer fee. (you can try to find a shipping company that helps ship over only the voting & handshake tickets and discard the cds so to save you some shipping fee) In addition,you can also sale the photos if you want to cut down the costs to vote. For those who can't go to a handshake event or those who just want to vote.
1. Purchase a good amount of 二本柱(두기둥) ticket from the members who will not participate in the Senbatsu or someone who already graduated (must be an account that keeps its renewal in 2018);for instance,Sakura Miyazaki or Kaori Matumura,the one you’ve already know.Since the membership fee for 二本柱 is 480 Japanese yen, the activation/joining fee is 1000 Japanese yen, the 2nd year activation/joining fee maintenance fee is 580 Japanese yen. Therefore any ticket that is below 1000 Japanese yen is acceptable, because with 二本柱, you can vote twice per year, one for rh & one for Senbatsu election, and is effective to show results on the 投票速報(투표속보) 2. Get tickets from ヤフオク & Mercari. You can let the seller take a picture of the serial number to you. Cost is around 500~1300 Japanese yen. Anyway the ticket price will raise up even higher towards the end of election. 【*It is important to take a look at the seller's customer review and how many it has sold so you won't end up in a fraud】 3. Get in touch with someone who actually sell the tickets, the prices are usually fair and reasonable, and you can order those tickets in advance.(Actually,we know someone who has been engaging in this kind of “business” for years,so if you need his information,connect us anytime,though I bet some of you have already met him at the handshake events.And I’m sure there are more sellers like him among akb48 fans,so you can deal votes with them as well.) 4. If you want to speed up voting,you can get in touch with your Korean mates who are in Japan, get the akb 劇場盤(극장반, cheaper but need to draw in advance) or 通常盤(통상반, more expensive, but you might need these when the former are out of stock), then let them take pictures of the numbers on the tickets for oversea fans to vote. 劇場盤 is ≈ 1000 Japanese yen/each, 通常盤 is ≈ 1600 Japanese yen/each. 5. Get voting tickets in the handshake event. There is a proportion of akb fans who want to participate only in the handshake event but not the Senbatsu election, so many of them will offer the voting tickets in a lower price (it is important to check the tickets right on the spot, or else you may end up getting some invalid tickets). 6. Last but not least,you can get in touch with someone you know in Japan to get the phone votes. Any Japanese phone number that subscribes to AKB mail and passes vocal verifications can vote. The price for AKB mail susbion is 400 Japanese yen/month. Right now there are [akb ske nmb hkt ngt stu] 6 discrete groups under AKB48 group, so that means 2400 Japanese yen = 6 votes, which is also the most effective way in saving money, we mainly just need a Japanese phone number. Or if Korean fans are capable of making mobile sites(etc.booths or cars or food trucks) to solicit this kind of votes during the election is also another great idea(some fans of other akb members have verified the considerable effect seemingly).

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