Additional information to be entered in voting register in municipal elections and elections to the European Parliament (563/2015)

In municipal elections, the following information on each person who is not a citizen of Finland but who has the right to vote is entered in the voting register in addition to what is provided in section 18, subsection 2:

1)  nationality;

2)  if the person is not a citizen of another Member State of the European Union, Iceland or Norway, the period of time the person has continuously had a municipality of residence in Finland. (563/2015)

In addition to what is provided in section 18, subsection 2, the nationality of each eligible voter is entered in the voting register in elections to the European Parliament, if the person is not a citizen of Finland.