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Parties summoned after technical fault affects advance votes

From Dagens Nyheter · () Swedish

Translated from Swedish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Sweden’s Election Authority has summoned parliamentary party secretaries after a technical fault affected thousands of advance votes.
  • Some votes could be rejected, raising concerns about confidence in the electoral system, according to the Sweden Democrats’ party secretary.

Sweden’s Election Authority is calling the parliamentary parties to a meeting after a technical fault affected thousands of advance votes. Some of the ballots may be invalidated, Sveriges Radio Ekot reports.

Mattias Bäckström Johansson, the Sweden Democrats’ party secretary, said the issue concerned confidence in the country’s electoral system.

It is about the credibility of our electoral system.

· Mattias Bäckström JohanssonThe Sweden Democrats’ party secretary described the stakes after the technical fault affected advance votes.
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