Municipal elections

Mariners and early voting

You can cast your vote up to four months before the election if you are a mariner or you expect to be abroad on election day. You can do this by showing up at the Citizen Service Centre (Snarskivan) in Tórshavn. You must bring a picture ID or a passport to cast your vote.

Absentee

You can absentee vote at the earliest the week before the election if you have an illness or are otherwise prevented from physically showing up at the voting station on the election day. You may request to absentee vote by contacting the Citizen Service Centre on +298 30 20 10. Two appointed election officials will then come to your residence and validate your vote.

The day before election day, you can absentee vote at the Citizen Service Centre (Snarskivan) until 22:00.

If you are prevented from showing up at the Citizen Service Centre to cast your vote, you can call The Citizen Service Center Snarskivan within opening hours and make an appointment in order for two of our appointed election officials to come to your residence and validate your vote. The phone can be reached at +298 30 20 10, and will be answering calls until until 16:00 on the day before election day.

The deadline for absentee voting is 24.00 on the day before election day.

You may also absentee vote if you are admitted to a hospital or a different care facility, or if you receive medical treatment in your home. You can contact your hospital, your care facility or your doctor and request to vote.

You may contact the police to absentee vote if you are currently in police detention and are eligible to vote.

Mail-in ballot

You may cast a mail-in ballot at your nearest Faroese representation, consulate, official representative or Danish embassy if you are abroad on election day.

You may cast a mail-in ballot at your local municipal office in Denmark or Greenland if you are currently in one of those countries and you are eligible to vote.

Be aware that the mail-in ballots need to have reached the Faroe Islands before the election day in order to be valid, so make sure to vote well in advance.

All residents in the Faroe Islands, who have the right to vote and are registered as voters can vote at the municipal elections.

You are eligible to vote and run for office if you:

• Are 18 years or older and meet the requirements of voting rights and eligibility to run for national office
• Are registered in the national register of your municipality at least 2 weeks ahead of election day
• Are registered as living in the municipality on the election day. This means that if you move municipality 14 days before the election, you will have neither the right to vote in the municipality you are moving from nor in the municipality you are moving to

If you are not a Danish citizen, you must have been a permanent resident in the Faroe Islands for at least three years prior to the election day to be eligible to vote in a municipal election.

Faroese expats not eligible to vote

Faroese citizens, who are registered as living abroad, are not eligible to vote in municipal elections. Faroese students abroad are also not eligible to vote in municipal elections. This is due to not meeting the requirements of being registered as living in the municipality at least tow weeks prior to the election, and still be living in the municipality on election day.

The legislation regarding municipal elections and national elections are available in the links below:

Voting legislation for Faroese municipalities (logir.fo) - in Faroese

Voting legislation for the Faroese Parliament (logir.fo) - in Faroese 

Your local municipal office will make the electoral roll available for public inspection at the least four weeks prior to the election. The electoral roll lists all registered voters to the municipal election, and public persons are entitled to check the roll until two weeks prior to the election.

You will automatically receive a poll card by mail if you meet the requirements for voting in the municipal elections and you are registered to vote. Contact your local citizen service centre if you have not received your poll card.

You will not be eligible to vote in any municipality if you move to a different municipality less than two weeks before the municipal election day.

All eligible voters will receive a personal poll card by mail two weeks before the election.

The poll card is your personal proof of eligibility, and you must remember to bring it when you go to the voting station to cast your vote on election day.
 

Voting station

The poll card will list your designated voting station. You can find a list of all voting stations in the link below:

Voting stations

If you have not received your poll card

You need to contact your municipality's national register if you are eligible to vote and have not received your poll card, or if the poll card contains an error.

If you are a resident in the Municipality of Tórshavn you can contact the Citizen Service Centre at +298 30 20 10 or write to torshavn@torshavn.fo. 

If the Citizen Service Centre confirms that you are eligible to vote, then you need to find out what your voting station is by contacting the Citizen Service Centre on the election day between 9:00 and 20:00.

When you arrive at your designated voting station on election day, you will need to show your drivers licence or passport, and the election officials will issue a new poll card.

You may then vote as usual.

If you have lost your poll card

The election officials at your voting station can issue a new poll card in person on election day. You will need to show your drivers licence or your passport.

You may then vote as usual.

You receive a poll card by mail even if you have already voted

You will still receive a poll card by mail two weeks prior to the election even if you have voted early.

This will not affect your early vote.

You may change your mind and vote for a new candidate on the election day even if you have previously voted early. If you vote in person on the election day, the election committee will securely destroy your early vote, and the early vote will not count in the election result.