Democracy is also implemented in the tube – such a voting enthusiasm was in the Lahti police prison

Even in police prisons, you can vote if you wish. If necessary, the police may even transport the arrested polling site.

The election is also intended to ensure a voting option for those who are not able to reach the polling facilities themselves.

In addition to hospitals and nursing homes, the voting option is also offered in a police prison, or in the tube.

– It’s a bit annoying that no one wanted to vote. This opportunity is offered because everyone has equality as a Finnish citizen to vote and be heard with their own opinion, Koivisto says.

He has organized pipeline votes in the past. Going to the police prison is not scared.

– They are just ordinary people, voters for us. No special cases.

Organizing a vote does not require very wonderful effort. At the Lahti Police Station, the voting point is transported in one cardboard box and in a paper bag. They have everything required: ballot for both elections and the necessary envelopes for them.

Candidate lists are glued to the wall, and if necessary, there is also a book that contains the nation’s candidates with voting numbers. The vote itself goes like any polling place.

Voting activity often remains low

There is no particular trouble for the police for the pipeline vote. The electoral committee manages the practical arrangements.

The pipeline voting does not enjoy much popularity. Often there are quite a few people in the police prison. At night, drunken people are released in the morning and the captors are often transferred to prisons very quickly.

– I have the impression that quite often there are no voting wishes. The people who at that moment happen to be arrested or imprisoned may not be the style of people who usually vote, the Chief Commissioner Kuokkanen ponders.

All in all, the opportunity is arranged. It is also possible for the police to transport the arrested to the actual polling place to fulfill their civic duty.

– If the polling place is close on election day, it is quite possible. In practice, it is known that very rarely does it hit the point because there is no willingness to vote.