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Two cases of suspected election fraud have been reported in Västerbotten, one of which was in Umeå where pre-crossed ballots were distributed.
According to P4 Västerbotten, there are a total of two cases of suspected election fraud in the county.
In one case, people in Umeå are said to have received pre-crossed ballot papers and been asked to vote for a certain party.
- But I don't intend to go into that, says Anders Neander Tordai, prosecutor at the national anti-corruption unit.
No suspect
He doesn't want to go into where it happened, but says it shouldn't have been in a polling station.
There are currently no suspects.
- I have given the police the task of looking into this further. One of the tasks involves finding possible suspects.
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