The central election authority shall issue a voting card for every voter. For voters who do not have a known address or who are not registered as resident in Sweden, a voting card shall only be issued if they request one.

Voting cards referred to in the first paragraph shall be sent out in sufficiently good time that they may be expected to be received by voters no later than 18 days prior to the election day. For extraordinary elections and re-elections, voting cards shall instead be sent out in sufficiently good time that they may be expected to be received by voters no later than 10 days prior to the election day.

For every voter who is not registered as resident in Sweden, the central election authority shall issue an expatriate voting card. These cards shall be sent to voters no later than 50 days prior to the election day. For extraordinary elections and re-elections, the voting cards shall instead be sent out as soon as possible once the date on which the election will be held is decided.