Election Posters Are Being Sabotaged – the Parties Are Shouting: "We Will Report It to the Police"
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Just days after the first election posters of the year were put up, they have been torn down and graffitied on in several places. Vandalizing the posters can result in fines or imprisonment and, according to political scientist Jakob Ahlbom, goes against the rules of democracy.
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ttela.seElection posters are being torn down and destroyed around the country. Political disagreement does not give anyone the right to vandalize other people's messages. Tolerance for other opinions is also part of democracy.
Election posters that are vandalized and taken down time and time again. The Social Democrats in Karlskoga have been subjected to this during their election campaign. They have reported several cases of vandalism to the police, but a large number of posters have also disappeared without a trace. – It's just the Social Democrats' posters and there are such a large number, says Jonas Sandström.
On Sunday, posters were allowed to be put up ahead of the election, but a few days later many of them had been knocked over, disappeared or destroyed. Now the parties in Forshaga municipality are issuing a joint statement.
On Sunday, several parties were out putting up their election posters in Karlstad. Just days later, they have to go out and fix the signs. “They are completely broken,” says municipal councilor Anders Tallgren (S).
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