Incident reporting

The plan wants to build further on Sweden's democratization and establishes that the people's power shall be exercised through universal, free and fair elections. It also emphasizes public oversight and independent review as part of legal certainty. A mandatory and uniform system for incident reporting during elections is such a protection of electoral integrity and is therefore supported by the plan.

• free and fair electionsdecisive»genom allmänna, fria och rättvisa val, där mandaten fördelas proportionellt mellan partier.« (party programme ↗)“through universal, free and fair elections, where mandates are distributed proportionally between parties.”
• deepened democracy»Vi vill bygga vidare på Sveriges demokratisering.« (party programme ↗)“We want to build further on Sweden's democratization.”
• oversight and review»insyn och oberoende granskning.« (party programme ↗)“oversight and independent review.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme makes democracy's capacity to act and an administration built on openness and transparency into overarching principles, and the election manifesto wants to strengthen the ability to resist influence and disinformation. Uniform and mandatory reporting of electoral incidents is a means to protect the integrity of elections and make shortcomings visible. The plan does not, however, particularly address election administration.

• openness in the election processdecisive»Den demokratiska processen och samhällsförvaltningen måste bygga på offentlighet och« (party programme ↗)“The democratic process and public administration must be built on openness and”
• protection against influence»Arbetet för att stärka förmågan att stå emot cyberattacker och desinformation ska stärkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The effort to strengthen the ability to resist cyberattacks and disinformation shall be strengthened.”
• protect democracy's function»Demokratins handlingskraft« (party programme ↗)“Democracy's capacity to act”
• threat picture to democracy»Svenska folket är måltavla för påverkanskampanjer och desinformation.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Swedish people are a target for influence campaigns and disinformation.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan states that democracy must never be taken for granted and that it must be defended with democratic means. A large number of stolen or sabotaged ballots with a large number of unreported cases is a direct threat to electoral integrity, and mandatory incident reporting is a way to make the threats visible. The plan also emphasises citizens' right to scrutinise power and the need for easily accessible information in a participatory democracy.

• defend democracydecisive»Demokratin måste försvaras med demokratiska medel.« (party programme ↗)“Democracy must be defended with democratic means.”
• democracy must not be taken for granted»Den svenska demokratin är stark och livskraftig, men vi får aldrig ta den för given.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Swedish democracy is strong and vibrant, but we must never take it for granted.”
• scrutiny of power»Medborgarna ska alltid kunna granska makten.« (party programme ↗)“Citizens must always be able to scrutinise power.”
• open information in democracy»En deltagande demokrati kräver lättillgänglig information, en levande politisk debatt och möjlighet för medborgare att lyssna på sammanträden och lämna egna förslag till politiska församlingar.« (party programme ↗)“A participatory democracy requires easily accessible information, a lively political debate and the opportunity for citizens to listen to meetings and submit their own proposals to political assemblies.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan stipulates that democratic institutions need protection and that liberal democracy shall be nurtured and cherished, and that parties are vulnerable to influence. Uniform and mandatory incident reporting is a concrete way to detect and address attacks on the electoral process instead of leaving them unreported. The plan's requirement for openness and transparency supports collective reporting of incidents.

• protect democratic institutionsdecisive»Våra demokratiska institutioner behöver skydd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Our democratic institutions need protection.”
• cherish liberal democracy»Den liberala demokratin får aldrig tas för given. Den ska vårdas, värnas och vidareutvecklas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Liberal democracy must never be taken for granted. It shall be nurtured, cherished, and further developed”
• resilience against influence»De politiska partierna är sårbara mot påverkan och infiltration.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Political parties are vulnerable to influence and infiltration.”
• openness and transparency»Öppenhet och transparens är grundförutsättningar för frihet, demokrati och för att förhindra korruption och övergrepp.« (party programme ↗)“Openness and transparency are prerequisites for freedom, democracy, and for preventing corruption and abuse.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants to strengthen constitutional protection for the democratic system of government and actively combat threats to the political process, which argues for incidents in the conduct of elections to be systematically captured. The principle of publicity is highlighted as a precondition for scrutiny and debate, which supports uniform and mandatory reporting. However, the plan does not address the election administration's reporting routines.

• protect the democratic system of governmentdecisive»Vi vill se ett förstärkt grundlagsskydd för vårt demokratiska statsskick, öka domstolarnas oberoende och verka för en författningsdomstol som ska kunna häva lagar eller bestämmelser som strider mot grundlagsskyddade fri- och rättigheter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to see strengthened constitutional protection for our democratic system of government, increase the courts' independence and work for a constitutional court that shall be able to overturn laws or regulations that violate constitutionally protected liberties and rights.”
• protect the political process»Den grundläggande rättigheten att engagera sig politiskt måste värnas och hot och trakasserier mot politiskt aktiva och förtroendevalda måste aktivt bekämpas.« (party programme ↗)“The fundamental right to engage politically must be protected and threats and harassment of politically active and elected representatives must be actively combated.”
• openness enables scrutiny»Offentlighetsprincipen har en grundläggande betydelse för att förankra och fördjupa folkstyret, och är en förutsättning för granskning och debatt.« (party programme ↗)“The principle of publicity has fundamental importance for anchoring and deepening democracy, and is a precondition for scrutiny and debate.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires an electoral system where each vote is in principle given equal value and where ballot secrecy is protected, and it wants complaints about the correctness of the election to be reviewable. Systematic reporting of incidents such as stolen or sabotaged ballots is a means for precisely that control. Transparency and access to information are, according to the programme, central to a vital democracy.

• protected and equal electoral systemdecisive»Valsystemet ska vara proportionellt och därmed utformat så att varje röst i princip tillmäts lika värde. Valhemligheten ska skyddas.« (party programme ↗)“The electoral system shall be proportional and thus designed so that each vote is in principle given equal value. Ballot secrecy shall be protected.”
• control of election correctness»En annan viktig uppgift ska vara att pröva klagomål angående riktigheten av allmänna val och därmed sammanhängande frågor.« (party programme ↗)“Another important task shall be to review complaints regarding the correctness of general elections and related issues.”
• transparency in democracy»Offentlighetsprincipen, det vill säga tillgången till allmänna handlingar, är central för en öppen och vital demokrati.« (party programme ↗)“The principle of public access, that is access to public documents, is central to an open and vital democracy.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan states that democracy's foundations need to be strengthened and that protection against threats to democratic processes shall be improved; free and secret elections are one of the state's core tasks. Uniform and mandatory incident reporting from election authorities and election boards serves that purpose when ballot papers are stolen or sabotaged. The plan does not mention incident reporting, so the support is derived.

• strengthened democratic foundationsdecisive»Demokratins grundvalar behöver stärkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Democracy's foundations need to be strengthened.”
• protection against threats to democracy»Vi måste också stärka demokratins skydd mot våldsbejakande extremism och andra kriminella hot.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We must also strengthen democracy's protection against violent extremism and other criminal threats.”
• free and secret elections»Medborgarna ska utse sina politiska representanter« (party programme ↗)“Citizens shall choose their political representatives”
• zero tolerance for threats»fritt samhälle har nolltolerans mot alla typer av hot och våld,« (party programme ↗)“free society has zero tolerance for all types of threats and violence,”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan states that the Swedish electoral system should be strengthened to guarantee that general elections can be conducted in a reliable manner. A uniform and mandatory system for incident reporting at election authorities and election boards is a direct measure for such reliability. The plan also wants to increase transparency and the possibility of accountability in the administration.

• reliable electionsdecisive»Det svenska valsystemet bör stärkas för att garantera att allmänna val kan genomföras på ett tillförlitligt sätt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Swedish electoral system should be strengthened to guarantee that general elections can be conducted in a reliable manner.”
• transparency and accountability»Tjänstemannaansvar ska införas och åtgärder ska genomföras för att öka transparensen och möjligheten att utkräva politiskt ansvarsutkrävande.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Civil service responsibility should be introduced and measures should be taken to increase transparency and the possibility of demanding political accountability.”
• universal and equal suffrage»allmän och lika rösträtt för medborgare skall råda« (party programme ↗)“universal and equal suffrage for citizens shall prevail”