In the case of general elections to the Riksdag and municipal and county council assemblies and also elections to the European Parliament, vote reception may commence

1. at voting places that a municipality has arranged: no earlier than on the eighteenth day prior to the election day,

2. at a foreign mission: no earlier than on the twenty-fourth day prior to the election day.

At other elections vote reception may commence

1. at voting places that a municipality has arranged: no earlier than on the tenth day prior to the election day,

2. at a foreign mission: no earlier than on the twentieth day prior to the election day.

Vote reception may continue

1. at voting places that a municipality has arranged: up to and including the election day,

2. at a foreign mission: as long as the window envelopes that have been arranged can be assumed to be received by the Central Election Authority no later than on the day prior to the election day.