Votes by mail sound a bit risky to me as well. I know the postal service has lost packages and stuff before. Are there special envelopes? Special ways to tell that the vote hasn’t been lost or “lost”?

Also, is it at least free? Postage already paid for?

That sounds a little complicated as well, so it seems that might be a barrier to entry as well.

I can also imagine that people who have to work extra to make ends meet might not have the luxury of taking time off to vote?

I forgot to mention that we vote every 4 years on a municipal level and every 4 years on a national government level (offset by two years like summer and winter olympics).

I just looked at the primary elections where we pick the prime minister and parliament, not the smaller municipal elections.

Anyway, it’s on average around 77-78%.

It’s actually a bit surprising. When I saw these numbers, I thought “shit, 77% is our average? That sucks”, heheh. Guess it’s pretty decent after all

In norway, the lowest voter turnout we’ve ever had is 75.4%