The report is classified as "improper influence during voting" and was received by the Swedish Public Prosecutor's Office's National Unit Against Corruption on September 1. The preliminary investigation was initially closed but has now been reopened, with the same classification.
I cannot go into what the suspicions are, prosecutor Oskar Edvardsson tells Di.
According to an anonymous police report, people have driven voters from disadvantaged areas and provided them with pre-marked ballots, Expressen reports.
The crime classification reads "improperly influencing voting by distributing marked ballots to influence the election". The report states that people "were given ballots for the Left Party with marked candidates".
No one has been charged with a crime, according to Expressen.
According to the prosecutor, it may be a while before more can be said.
In a week or two, we may have an opportunity to share more information in the case, says Oskar Edvardsson to Aftonbladet.
Anti-corruption expert Ulrik Åshuvud, former secretary general of the anti-corruption movement Transparency International Sweden, tells TV4 Nyheterna that it is extremely important that the suspected election fraud is investigated.
"I can't remember anything similar in general elections. The closest thing is perhaps when the Moderate Youth League offered to pay membership fees to influence an internal election. But otherwise I can't remember anything else," Ulrik Åshuvud tells the site.
