OSCE/ODIHR final report on Sweden’s parliamentary elections recommends measures to enhance campaign finance transparency, guarantee secrecy of the vote

While noting that there is public confidence in the election administration, the final report on the 9 September 2018 parliamentary elections in Sweden by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) recommends taking measures to ensure the secrecy of the vote and the transparency of campaign financing.

The report, published on 21 November 2018, recommends regulating the involvement of third parties in electoral campaigns to increase transparency and introducing additional measures for the transparency of campaign financing of individual candidates.

The report recommends that the secrecy of the vote be better ensured by addressing concerns related to the display of ballots in polling stations.

It also recommends introducing additional measures to ensure that ballot papers are made available to voters under equal conditions for all contestants.

ODIHR deployed an election expert team for the elections. The experts focused their assessment on the electoral legal framework related to the implementation of election procedures and campaign finance reporting and oversight rules.