Postal voting from abroad
Those Finnish nationals who are entitled to vote and who permanently or during the elections are staying abroad can vote by mail from abroad. Those who are permanently staying abroad are not entitled to vote in the county elections or municipal elections.
You can order the voting documents to your address abroad from the Ministry of Justice. Be sure to carefully read the instructions sent to you with the documents before filling in the postal voting form. Please note that the form must be signed by two witnesses. The witnesses may not be your next of kin. Return the documents according to the instructions to your own municipality’s central election committee.
The mailing address of Vantaa's central election committee is:
Vantaan kaupungin keskusvaalilautakunta, PL 1100, 01030 Vantaan kaupunki.
You can order the postal voting material, at the earliest, three months before the election. You can vote as soon as the candidates’ numbers are published. Votes given by mail shall be with your municipality's Central Election Committee no later than on Friday on the week of the election, by 19:00, so that they can be accounted for in the elections.
You will find general information about postal voting as well as order and operating instructions on the Ministry of Justice's website. Check out also further information and answers to frequently asked questions.
Those who are entitled to vote at the county and municipal elections and who are temporarily staying abroad during the elections can alternatively vote at a Finnish diplomatic mission that acts as a general polling place. Remember to take your photo-ID card with you to the polling place. The notice of the right to vote is not required, but it will expedite the voting process. Please note that you can vote at a Finnish diplomatic mission abroad. Note also that the representative office may have shorter opening hours.
You can check the advance voting place of the country where you are staying and its opening hours here.