Text message reminders being sent to increase voter turnout

Ministry of Justice
Publication date 31.3.2025 9.05
Type:News item

The Ministry of Justice and the Prime Minister's Office are sending text messages to eligible voters reminding them of the upcoming county and municipal elections. The recipients have been selected by random sampling.

The aim of the messages is to increase voter turnout in the elections. Similar text message reminders were also sent in connection with the 2023 parliamentary elections and the 2022 county elections.

Inquiries: 
Maarit Lassander, Chief Specialist, Ph.D. (Psych.), Prime Minister's Office, tel. +358 295 160 037, firstname.lastname@gov.fi
Niklas Wilhelmsson, Head of Unit, Ministry of Justice, tel.  +358 295 150 348, firstname.lastname@gov.fi