Voting from an institution

Municipalities are required to hold advance voting at health and care institutions and are requested to also do so at other institutions.

Who can vote from institutions and when is this done?

Advance voting from institutions is carried out such that residents of these places can have the opportunity to vote if it is difficult for them to get to ordinary voting locations. When advance voting is held at an institution, everyone has the opportunity to vote. This means that residents, staff and next of kin can cast their votes.

It is the municipalities themselves that decide when advance voting shall be held at institutions and inform when and where this will take place. Therefore you should contact the municipality to find out the exact date and time.

Guidance

When you go to vote you will be met by an election worker who will explain how this is done. The election worker can also reply to any questions you may have or ensure answers are found to your questions.

Assistance and help in the voting booth

The election worker will explain the voting routine and can assist you if required. The election worker can also show you into the voting booth and offer guidance about which parties are up for election and where the voting slips for the parties are located.

If you require assistance to cast your vote, the election worker - or a person you choose yourself - can help you to do so. Both the election worker and the self-chosen helper have a duty of non-disclosure if they gain knowledge of what and who you wish to vote for.

Proof of identity

If you are resident at a health or care institution where advance voting is held, and do not have ID, a member of staff can verify your identity. In such case, the member of staff must provide ID. It is not possible for other voters to verify your identity.

Other voters who wish to vote at the institution must provide ID.

Voting at an appointed advance voting location

When the municipality holds advance voting at institutions they will set up an advance voting location in a separate room or common area with sufficient space.

The routine will be the same as if you had gone to an advance voting or polling station to vote:

• An election worker informs you about how to cast your vote
• You enter the voting booth, select the voting slip for the party for
  which you wish to vote, and if applicable make any changes to the
  slip
• You go over to a table where two election workers are sitting They
  check your ID, or if applicable the ID of a member of staff acting on
  your behalf, and stamp the voting slip
• You place the voting slip in the ballot box - and you have cast your
  vote

Voting in a voter’s own room

If you are unable to get to the advance voting location, election workers can come to the room in which you are staying, so that you can vote from there.

This takes place as follows:

• The election worker brings the necessary equipment, including a
  voting slip set with all parties and lists standing for election in the
  municipality and county authority
• You select a voting slip for the party or list that you wish to vote for
  and, if applicable, make any changes to the voting slip
• They check your ID, or if applicable the ID of a member of staff
  acting on your behalf, and stamp the voting slip
• You place the voting slip in the ballot box - and you have cast your
  vote

Are you registered in the Central Population Register in a different municipality?

If you are registered in the Central Population Register in a different municipality from where you cast your vote, your vote must be sent to the municipality in which you are registered.

Instead of placing the voting slip directly into the ballot box, you will therefore be given a separate envelope for the voting slip/slips. This envelope is placed together with your polling card in another envelope which is then placed in the ballot box.

After you have placed the envelope in the ballot box it will be sent on to the municipality where you are registered in the Central Population Register for counting.