Advance voting abroad in Finland's municipal elections in 2021

The municipal elections in Finland have been postponed to June. The transfer of municipal elections is decided by the Finnish Parliament. The municipal elections will be held on Sunday 13th June 2021. Advance voting will be possible in Prague from 3rd to 5th June 2021. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs is responsible for the organisation of advance voting abroad. Eligible voters are requested to order the postal voting documents also in the case that they are planning to cast their vote abroad during the actual advance voting period. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is possible that voting cannot be organised in the advance polling stations as planned because local authorities may impose restrictions or lockdowns at short notice.

 

The advance polling stations abroad will be located in Finland's diplomatic and consular missions or their offices in 75 different countries. A total of 108 advance polling stations will be open abroad.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs is responsible for the organisation of advance voting in Finland’s missions abroad and on board Finnish ships sailing outside the Finnish territory during the advance voting period.

In municipal elections, the right to vote is linked with residency in the municipality in question, which means that Finns residing permanently abroad are not entitled to vote in the municipal elections.

The Ministry of Justice of Finland has the overall responsibility for conducting the elections.

Voters who are eligible to vote in municipal elections can exercise their right to vote also through postal voting, which is organised by the Ministry of Justice. Eligible voters are requested to order the postal voting documents also in the case that they are planning to cast their vote abroad during the actual advance voting period. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is possible that voting cannot be organised in the advance polling stations as planned because local authorities may impose restrictions or lockdowns at short notice. Information on the dates, instructions and an order form for postal voting documents are available at vaalit.fi(Link to another website.).

Due to the coronavirus situation, postal services are not available to some countries. The Ministry of Justice will cover the cost of the use of commercial courier services for the delivery of postal voting documents to these countries. If you are not sure whether the postal voting documents can be delivered to your country of residence by post, please call the Elections helpline of the Ministry of Justice or use WhatsApp message service (numbers available at website(Link to another website.)) to find out whether the documents can be delivered to you using a commercial courier service.

If you have already ordered and received your postal documents with the original voting dates (April), you may use those documents for June voting.

 

Advance voting polling station in Czech Republic and Slovak Republic:

Embassy of Finland, Prague

Hellichova 1, 11800 Praha

Tel.: +420 251 177 251

 

Advance voting dates and hours

03.06.2021                       11:00 – 15:00

04.06.2021                       14:00 – 18:00

05.06.2021                       10:00 – 13:00