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POSTAL VOTING

Persons living or staying abroad for the duration of the entire advance voting
period and on election day may vote by post in general elections. Expatriate
Finns, in other words persons permanently residing abroad, do not have the right
to vote in the county elections. An eligible voter wishing to vote by post shall
order the postal voting documents to an address abroad, cast their vote, and
send the postal vote to Finland to the  central municipal election board of his
or her municipalityFile opens in a new tab pdf 414kB .

Regarding the County Elections 2022 , the postal voting documents can be ordered
starting on 23th October 2021. The link to the service where the documents can
be found on the Finnish and Swedish webpages.

The first possible date for postal voting is 23 December 2021, when the
candidates and their candidate numbers will be confirmed. The postal vote must
arrive at the central municipal election board of your municipality of residence
by 19.00 on Friday 21 January 2022.




HERE IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO:

1
ORDERING POSTAL VOTING DOCUMENTS


In postal voting, the voter himself or herself is responsible for ordering the
necessary postal voting documents from the Ministry of Justice early enough. The
postal voting documents can be ordered three months before the election day at
the earliest. An assistant may be used for placing the order. Voter should visit
the Finnish or Swedish site to order the postal voting documents.

By ordering the postal voting documents, the eligible voter expresses his or her
willingness to vote by post in the elections in question. The eligible voter's
name and personal identity code and the postal address abroad to which the
documents will be sent must be given in the order. The address given may also be
a temporary one, if the eligible voter is staying somewhere else than at his or
her permanent place of residence at the time of the elections.

Postal voting documents cannot be ordered to an address located in Finland.

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VOTING BY POST


An eligible voter who has ordered the postal voting documents will be sent a
postal voting pack containing the following documents:

 * a ballot,
 * a postal ballot envelope, in which the ballot is inserted,
 * a postal vote covering letter, which the voter must fill in,
 * a postal vote covering envelope, in which the ballot envelope and the
   covering letter are inserted, and
 * postal voting instructions  drawn up by the Ministry of Justice.

The voter may vote when the candidate numbers are confirmed. The eligible voter
himself or herself must find out the number of the candidate that he or she
wants to vote for. The candidate numbers are published around one month before
the election day. Candidate information is available for example on the
elections website of the Ministry of Justice vaalit.fi.

The instructions accompanying the postal voting documents must be followed in
the voting. First, the voter marks the number of the candidate he or she wants
to vote for on the ballot, inserts the ballot in the postal ballot envelope, and
seals the envelope. Next, the voter carefully fills in the postal vote covering
letter and signs it.

In postal voting, the voter himself or herself is responsible for marking the
ballot and putting it into the ballot envelope in such a manner that election
secrecy and electoral freedom are maintained. The voter must sign an attestation
concerning this on the covering letter. Two witnesses must be present when the
voting takes place. The witnesses must also sign the attestation on the covering
letter stating that election secrecy has been preserved and electoral freedom
respected while voting. The witnesses must have reached the age of 18. The
spouse, child or parent of the voter or a person standing as a candidate in the
elections in question or a family member of a candidate cannot be a witness. The
witnesses need not be Finnish citizens.

3
SENDING POSTAL VOTING DOCUMENTS TO FINLAND


At the end of the voting, the voter puts the ballot envelope and the covering
letter into the covering envelope and seals it. The name and address of the
central municipal election board to which the vote will be sent must be visible
in the window of the covering envelope.

The voter must send the covering envelope, containing the ballot sealed in the
ballot envelope and the covering letter, to Finland to the central municipal
election board of the municipality in which the voter has the right to vote
according to the voting register (voting municipality). The voter himself or
herself is responsible for finding out which municipality this is. If the voter
has received a polling card, he or she may copy the name and address of the
correct central municipal election board to the covering envelope or insert the
entire polling card in the envelope so that the name and address are visible in
the window. If the voter does not have a polling card, he or she may call the
service number of the Ministry of Justice or the Digital and Population Data
Services Agency to inquire the correct municipality, for example.

The voter must put enough postage on the covering envelope. In other words,
postage is not prepaid. Finally, the voter posts the covering envelope to
Finland through the postal service of the foreign country in the same manner as
any other postal item. The voter may also choose to post the envelope as a
registered letter, but this is not necessary. The covering envelope may not be
posted from Finland. It absolutely must be posted from abroad. If the country of
origin is not indicated on the envelope, the vote may be disregarded. As an
alternative to the postal service, the voter may also use an international
courier service of his or her choice for delivering the vote to the central
municipal election board in Finland.




THINGS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN VOTING BY POST

Once the voter has posted the postal vote covering envelope to Finland, the vote
has been cast and the voter can no longer vote in the elections in question, for
example at a mission abroad or at a polling station in Finland. A postal vote is
final, in the same manner as all other votes, and it cannot be changed or
replaced later.

The same standards apply for postal voting as for regular voting taking place
before election authorities. For example, voting more often than once or in
another person’s name is an offence punishable under the Criminal Code, as is
influencing another person's voting by violence or threat of violence.




MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CONTACT DETAILS ARE UP-TO-DATE

The Digital and Population Data Services Agency sends a notice of right to vote
(polling card) to all eligible voters whose address is known. The polling card
is sent to the voters around 1.5 months before the election day. The polling
card indicates the address to which you must return your postal vote (the
address of the central municipal election board of your municipality).
Therefore, it is important that you make sure well in advance that your contact
details are up-to-date in the Population Information System.

>> Read more on the website of the Digital and Population Data Services
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Postal voting instructionsFile opens in a new tab pdf 636kB




INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO ON POSTAL VOTING 

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(YouTube)




 

Ministry of Justice

Department for Democracy and Public Law

PB 25, 00023 Government

Eteläesplanadi 10, Helsinki

 

Telephone: +358 2951 6001 (exchange)

Fax: +358 9 1606 7730

vaalit@gov.fi

 




 

 

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