The vänsterpartiet or left party campaigning on Sunday in Kungsholmen. Photo by Robert Corkery.
The other day, I got my Swedish röstkort or voting card. It’s the first election that I have been able to vote in here and I have to say, I am kind of excited. I feel so official, so Swedish… well, as Swedish as this American can feel. What it all means is that on September 19th, the elections for the riksdag or parliament will be held and I will be able to cast my vote in the local elections as although I am a US citizen, I am a Swedish resident of more than three years.
Campaign signs for the different parties are plastered all over town, we’ve been receiving fliers in the mail and the candidates are out shaking hands at every opportunity. So that makes things extra interesting. On the election web site, there is information about how to vote in 26 different languages, which is also kind of cool. (See the voting site here.) From what I gather, the actual voting process is done pretty much the same as what we do it in the US. Now I just have to do some more reading up on the election and figure out how I am going to cast my vote…
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Thanks for the tip on 26 languages, blogged about it.
Are you SURE you get to vote for the Riksdaden? Our röstkort lists only the blue. Landstinget and the yellow Stockholm’s Kommun.
Tom, Thanks for pointing this out – I did not describe this clearly. I get to vote in the local elections, not the big stuff!
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