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Back|Two cases of suspected election fraud are being investigated in Västerbotten
Two cases of suspected election fraud are being investigated in Västerbotten
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SVT Nyheter·1 hour ago·Crime·1 min read·

Two cases of suspected election fraud are being investigated in Västerbotten

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  • Two cases of suspected election fraud are being investigated in Västerbotten.
  • In Umeå, voters must have received pre-crossed ballots urging them to vote for a certain party.
  • There are currently no suspects and the police have been tasked with investigating the events.

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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.

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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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  • ?Which party were voters asked to vote for?
  • ?Who distributed the crossed-off ballots?

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  • Two cases of suspected election fraud are being investigated in Västerbotten.
  • In Umeå, voters must have received pre-crossed ballots urging them to vote for a certain party.
  • There are currently no suspects and the police have been tasked with investigating the events.

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