General Right to Vote
Constitution:
(1989)
• Article 2 states: "Every Swedish citizen residing in Sweden is entitled to vote in Riksdag elections. Provisions are laid down in law regarding the voting rights of Swedish citizens who are not resident in Sweden…"
Electoral Law:
(1997)
• Chapter 1, section 2 states, "A Swedish citizen who attains the age of 18 years no later than on election day and who is resident in Sweden or has once been registered as resident in Sweden is entitled to vote in elections to the Riksdag."

Voter Assistance by Other Citizens
Electoral Law:
(1997)
• Chapter 9, section 2 states, "To make their vote, voters shall for each kind of election take one ballot paper for the party they wish to vote for. If they wish to make a separate personal vote, they shall make a mark for the candidate whom they prefer to be elected. Thereafter, the voters shall themselves place the ballot paper they chose into a vote envelope for each kind of election."
• Chapter 9, section 2 continues, "Voters who as a consequence of a physical disability cannot prepare or hand in their vote in the prescribed manner may appoint someone to assist them when voting."

Off-Site Voting Alternatives
Electoral Law:
(1997)
• Chapter 9, section 5 states, "… Voters may vote by a proxy or rural postman in accordance with what is stated in Chapter 14. Voters may only vote by post under the Postal Voting in Certain Cases Act (1997:159).
• Chapter 10, section 8 states, "If a polling station is not accessible to a voter with a physical disability, the electoral officer shall, notwithstanding that stated in the first paragraph, receive the voter's vote envelope outside the polling station if this can be done in a secure form."
• Chapter 12, section 1 states, "The Central Election Authority may decide that special voting shall be arranged at hospitals, houses for the aged, prisons or similar care establishments or care institutions."
• Chapter 14, section 2 states, "Voters who are ill, disabled or old and subsequently cannot come in person to vote at their polling station or at any other voting place may submit their ballot paper by proxy."
• Chapter 14, section 3 states, "A proxy may be the voter's spouse, cohabitee, child, grandchild, spouse's child, cohabitee's child, father, mother or sibling. A proxy may also be a person who professionally or in a manner similar thereto provides the voter with care or in another manner usually assists the voter in personal affairs. The person who is engaged as a proxy must have attained the age of 18 years."

Promotes Access
Electoral Law:
(1997)
• Chapter 9, section 4 states, "The municipality may use as polling stations premises that are not accessible for voters with physical disabilities only if the municipality cannot use premises accessible to them. If the municipality intends to use premises that do not satisfy the requirement for accessibility, the municipality should consult the Community Administrative Board before it decides on the matter. The municipality shall state why it made the assessment that some other premises could not be used instead."
• Chapter 10, section 16 states, "The municipality should arrange voter transportation on the election day for voters who live in remote or isolated places and for whom it is expensive or takes a long time to get to the polling station."