Government bills7
- HE 180/2024 vpPassed with amendments
Differentiating candidate numbers in simultaneous elections
Candidates in elections held simultaneously will receive clearly distinct number series. This will reduce confusion when municipal and county elections are conducted at the same time.
18 Dec 2024 · passed without a vote - HE 60/2021 vpPassed
Institutional voting in military garrisons
Persons performing conscript service or voluntary military service for women will be able to vote directly in their own garrisons in the 2021 municipal elections. The arrangement safeguards the voting opportunities of those performing military service during the coronavirus pandemic without the need for separate transport.
12 May 2021 · passed without a vote - HE 33/2021 vpPassed with amendments
Postponing municipal elections to June 2021
The 2021 municipal elections would be postponed from April to June due to the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, the advance voting period in Finland would be extended to two weeks.
26 Mar 2021 · 2 votesClosest vote · Luottamuslause oikeusministeri Henrikssonille / Jussi Halla-ahon ehdotus
103 jaa66 ei - HE 111/2020 vpPassed
Aligning Keva terms with municipal elections
The terms of office of Keva's council members will be aligned with municipal elections. The term of the council members who took office in 2020 will end at the end of August 2021, after which new decision-makers will be appointed based on the municipal election results.
26 Oct 2020 · passed without a vote - HE 95/2017 vpPassed
Bringing forward the delegation's term
The new term of office of the delegation of the Commission for Local Authority Employers will begin at the start of January instead of October in the year following municipal elections. The change will speed up the start of the new delegation after municipal elections.
11 Oct 2017 · passed without a vote - HE 250/2016 vpPassed with amendments
Intervening in municipal administrative crises
The state could appoint an investigator to resolve exceptional administrative difficulties in a municipality if the municipality is unable to act itself. An elected municipal official suspected of an offence could ultimately be suspended from office by ministerial decision.
23 Dec 2016 · passed without a vote - HE 73/2015 vpPassed with amendments
Reforming party subsidies and election funding oversight
Party subsidies may also be granted to small parties that receive at least 2 per cent of the vote, and oversight of the subsidies will be transferred to the National Audit Office of Finland. At the same time, transparency in election funding will be increased in presidential and European Parliament elections.
21 Dec 2015 · 1 voteOnly vote · Puoluelaki, 9 §, mietintö / Sari Essayah
130 jaa50 ei