A significant proportion of Finnish residents will be notified of their eligibility to vote in the upcoming county and municipal elections electronically

About 1.5 million eligible voters will receive notification of their right to vote in this year's county and municipal elections in electronic form. All eligible voters who have signed up for Suomi.fi Messages no later than 20 February 2025 will get an electronic notification of eligibility.

Notifications of the right to vote will arrive in March

The Digital and Population Data Services Agency will send notifications of the eligibility to vote to all who are entitled to vote in the county and municipal elections. The notifications will arrive in March. All eligible voters who use Suomi.fi Messages will get their notifications in electronic form and not by regular mail. 

“If you do not receive a notification of the right to vote by mail, it would be a good idea to check your Suomi.fi Messages to see if your own e-mail address is correctly written there. Notifications of new messages are sent to the e-mail addresses that users gave when they sign up for the service. The actual notification of eligibility to vote can then be found on the Suomi.fi mobile application or the Suomi.fi online service”, explains Maria Juka-Lahdenperä, Service Owner of Suomi.fi Messages at the Digital and Population Data Services Agency.

The notification of eligibility contains important information on the election and the recipient's right to vote, such as the polling place on the actual election day, 13 April 2025. It is not necessary to take the notification of eligibility to the polling place. An identity card is sufficient to vote. However, the notification can be useful to have with you if you vote abroad, or in Finland in an institution. 

If you sign up for Suomi.fi Messages no later than 20 February and you will be notified electronically of your eligibility to vote!

The Digital and Population Data Services Agency recommends that you take Suomi.fi Messages into use by 20 February 2025. If you do this, you will get your notification of eligibility to vote in the county and municipal elections electronically and not on paper. 

By taking Suomi.fi Messages into use you will also receive decisions, invoices, and other notifications from other authorities electronically.

Further information

• Maria Juka-Lahdenperä, Service Owner of Suomi.fi Messages from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency, tel. +358 295 535 334, firstname.lastname[at]dvv.fi
• Otto Palmu, Election Manager at the Digital and Population Data Services Agency, tel. +358 295 535 137, firstname.lastname[at]dvv.fi