Malmölistan’s repeated warnings about missing ballots have now led to a concrete change in Malmö. Nils Littorin states that parties now receive a signed receipt when ballots are submitted—a measure that improves traceability in case ballots are later found to be missing.
Following several viral videos in which the Malmö List documented missing ballots in Malmö, the party leader points out Nils Littorin now on a result. On X He presents a receipt on which the time of receipt, the person who received the ballots, and the party's distributor have been entered and signed.
”Malmölistan’s policies are making a difference. Thanks to my viral videos about election fraud in Malmö, the city is changing its ballot system. You now receive a receipt when you cast your ballot.”
It's harder to blame a missed delivery
The receipt states that the Malmölistan ballots were received at 11:31 a.m. and that the document was drawn up in duplicate, with one copy for each party. This means that the party can show when the ballots were handed over and who received them.
”That’s good. Now they can’t claim that they weren’t able to get them into the polling place. Malmö’s voting system has become a little more secure.”
The change does not solve the problem of ballots that may go missing after they have been distributed, but it closes another loophole: the question of whether the ballots were delivered at all.
Came in the wake of high-profile incidents
This comes after Malmölistan previously reported that their ballots were missing from several voting booths, even though they had been submitted shortly before. Littorin has also stated that the same problem occurred in Rosengård.
Now he's using the receipt as proof that the pressure has had an effect.
”Just imagine what I could accomplish with a seat on the city council. It would be like letting a pit bull into a kennel full of poodles.”
For the Malmö List, this change represents a tangible victory even before Election Day—and, at the same time, a new way to document the chain of responsibility when ballots are cast.
Make a list of all the parties and the elections in which they are participating, and give it to the election official; if there are not enough ballots, it is the election official’s legal responsibility to contact the party. If responsibility is not shifted as described above, this situation will continue.
The Malmö List was absolutely right to do this, as the cheating must be stopped.