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Article 19
 

Additional information entered in the voting register in municipal electionsand European Parliamentary elections In municipal elections, in addition to what is laid down in section 18(2), the following information on each person who is not a citizen of Finland but who has the right to vote shall be entered in the voting register: nationality;  if the person is not a citizen of another European Union Member State, Iceland or Norway, the period of time the person has continuously had a municipality of residence in Finland. In European Parliamentary elections, in addition to what is laid down in section 18(2), the nationality of each enfranchised personshall be entered in the voting register, if the person is not a citizen of Finland.