Hopefully we will know more at the beginning of next week, says the Election Authority's press secretary, Jany Plevnik.
Around 4,000 early votes out of 1.7 million so far have been incorrectly marked twice during the voting or marked with the wrong voter. On Monday, the Election Authority will hold a digital question-and-answer session for the party secretaries of the parliamentary parties regarding the voting malfunction.
We want to inform the different parties and give them an opportunity to ask questions about what has happened and how we are moving forward with this, says Plevnik.
“Could be fewer”
It was on Tuesday afternoon that the Election Authority received information from the municipality of Nynäshamn, where the technical error had been discovered.
From the beginning we said it was about 4,000 votes, it could be significantly fewer, but we don't really know," says Plevnik.
The authority is investigating, among other things, which municipalities have been affected and will produce a list of them.
An analysis is still underway and hopefully we will know more at the beginning of next week. Then we will inform as thoroughly as possible.
Difficult to call in
It is difficult to assess at this stage whether the missing votes can change the outcome of the election, according to Plevnik.
We are currently mapping out what has happened. However, it is not possible to see which municipal, regional or parliamentary elections may have become a problem. We cannot go in and look at how people have voted.
Are there any specific parties that may be affected to a greater extent than others?
It is impossible to say. The ballot papers themselves are intact and work as they should. It will therefore be impossible to trace back to what an individual has voted and which parties it would have affected in such cases, he says.
