The electoral board decided on Thursday afternoon. The decision was unanimous. The background is eventually well known. The behavior of Lars Petter Solås at the Frp’s national meeting in April meant that he was excluded from the party on 14 May. Two days later, Solås asked to be exempted from the list. The secretariat for the Oslo election recommended that he should get. Doubts about exemptions are legal The deadline for asking to be deleted from electoral lists was actually 2 May. The election board itself has set the date. The Ministry of Local Government has cast doubt on whether it is permissible to be exempted from electoral lists after the local deadline. The ministry wrote this in a letter to Steinkjer municipality last week. The Electoral Secretariat nevertheless chose to stick to the recommendation. They refer to the Electoral Act. It states that an exemption can be granted if the breach of the deadline “is due to circumstances that the person obliged to meet the deadline did not have control over and could not foresee”. YES TO EXEMPTION: The Norwegian Electoral Board in Oslo. Photo: Olav Juven / news OSCE criticism Electoral board chair Marianne Borgen (SV) and deputy chair James Stove Lorentzen (H) commented on the letter in their remarks. They point to the fact that the Electoral Act in recent years has made it easier for a candidate to be exempted. – This is in line with criticism from the OSCE that the law was previously too strict, according to the two. OSCE stands for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. New top of the list The fact that Lars Petter Solås is struck off means that number two on the list moves up. NEW FRP TOP: Magnus Birkelund moves up to first place on the Oslo list. Photo: Virke Magnus Birkelund (36) from Frogner will thus become the Progress Party’s top candidate in Oslo in this autumn’s election. He is currently director of service trade in Virke. Can be appealed KrF representative on the electoral board, Hans Olav Syversen, stressed that he voted for an exemption for Solås under doubt. The reason is precisely the doubt the Ministry of Local Government has sown. The deletion of Lars Petter Solås can be appealed to the Ministry of Local Government, the ministry informs news. Anyone with the right to vote can complain. The Ministry of Local Government can also, on its own initiative, assess whether the deletion of Solås is legal. The ministry tells news that they have not considered whether they want to do this yet. More exemptions Already before today’s meeting, 53 people had been deleted from the lists for the city council election. 27 of them requested an exemption within the deadline. In addition to Solås, the electoral board agreed to two delayed applications. Both concerned people who had been included on the Alliance’s list against their will. Comedian Markus Gaupås Johansen applied one day late. Influencer Oskar Westerlin asked to be struck off on Tuesday this week.
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The electoral board in Oslo grants Lars Petter Solås an exemption from the FRP’s municipal election list – news Oslo and Viken – Local news, TV and radio
