Polling card

The Population Register Centre compiles a polling card concerning each person entered in the voting register. The card includes:

1)  the information referred to in section 18, subsection 2, paragraphs 2, 5 and 6;

2)  the address of the eligible voter as it appears in the Population Information System at midnight 51 days before the election day;

3)  information stating in which elections and in which voting district or municipality the recipient of the polling card is entitled to vote;

4)  information on the election day and the advance voting period;

5)  contact information of the central municipal election board and the local register office which is given as the sender of the card;

6)  information on the register or the information system on which the information included in the card is based; and

7)  instructions drawn up by the Ministry of Justice on the use of the polling card and on the voting procedure. (1263/2007)

In addition, the information referred to in section 18, subsections 2 and 3 may be given in the polling card in optically readable form, insofar as this is necessary.

The polling card is compiled so that it can be used as a covering letter in advance voting with the exception of at-home voting. Additional information on the voting procedure and the body to be elected in the elections, drawn up by the Ministry of Justice, may be included in the polling card. (1263/2007)

The Population Register Centre shall ensure that the polling cards are sent on the 24th day before the election day at the latest to the eligible voters with a known address. In elections to the European Parliament, however, a polling card is not sent to a person who has been entered in the voting register as ineligible to vote by the Population Register Centre in accordance with section 26, subsection 5.

In presidential elections, two polling cards are sent to the eligible voters, one for each round of the election.