On the 17th of September the Swedish General Election will be held to elect members to the Riksdag (Swedish Parliament). Since I recently turned 18, I am allowed to vote for the first time in my life. The first sign of the coming election was that I recieved my voting card yesterday.

There seems to be a few “improvements” since the last election, which was held in 2002.  One can now more easily vote in advance of the election day  (something I will do because I’m leaving for Elida), and this year everybody who votes are obliged to identify themselves.