Zena Iovino

1 week ago | yle.fi | Egan Richardson |Zena Iovino

Finland goes to the polls this weekend to elect thousands of municipal and county councillors — but is turnout what it could be? Foreign-background voters have been slower to head to the ballot boxes than the general population, and that could have a growing impact as the population diversifies. We asked researcher Josefina Sipinen about Finland's democratic deficit — and especially the reluctance to get involved.