Mothers in Hammarkullen campaign to raise turnout: “It is a duty to vote”
Translated from Swedish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- DN found that voter turnout in Sweden’s particularly vulnerable areas was 55 percent in the last election.
- Mothers in Hammarkullen, Gothenburg, are campaigning to raise participation in their neighborhood.
- Saido Mohamed said vulnerable areas and their residents are part of Sweden.
Only 55 percent of residents in Sweden’s particularly vulnerable areas voted in the last election, according to a compilation by Dagens Nyheter.
Now a group of mothers in Hammarkullen, a district of Gothenburg, is trying to change that in its neighborhood. Their campaign is built around the belief that residents in vulnerable areas should take part in Sweden’s democratic life.
“Even vulnerable areas are part of Sweden. And so are we,” Saido Mohamed said.
Even vulnerable areas are part of Sweden. And so are we.
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Originally published by Dagens Nyheter in Swedish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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