Early votes arrived at the wrong locations, unsorted, and in some cases hours late. After more than 100 reports of transportation problems from 53 municipalities, the Election Authority called Postnord to a meeting to find out what had gone wrong.
The problems arose when early votes were being transported to the correct polling places. In some cases, votes were delivered to the wrong location, while other deliveries were significantly delayed.
According to [...], all votes affected by the transportation problems have Ekot The issues have been resolved, and it is not believed that they affected the election results. However, the municipalities’ election offices have since sought answers as to how the problems could have arisen.
Postnord: Volumes Too High
Postnord has pointed out that there were significantly more early votes than the company had anticipated. The problems included, among other things, votes that were misdirected, arrived up to ten hours late, or arrived unsorted.
In Jönköping, election office staff had to get into cars themselves and drive around to deliver hundreds of misdelivered ballots on Election Day.
Municipalities Demand Answers
A recurring problem has been communication from Postnord. Several municipalities stated after the election that they still had not received any explanation of what had happened.
Election Administrator Joel Kristofersson in Sundbyberg describes how stressful the situation became for campaign workers:
– We heard that on election night, too—that people felt, ”This was tough, and I might not do this again.”.
Now the Election Authority wants to determine what went wrong. Postnord was therefore summoned to a meeting following the numerous reports from the municipalities.
