{"id":6710,"date":"2022-01-12T17:34:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T15:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moniheli-fi.hel9.wp-cloud.dev\/?post_type=uutinen&#038;p=6710"},"modified":"2022-01-17T19:23:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T17:23:14","slug":"aluevaalit-2022","status":"publish","type":"uutinen","link":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/uutinen\/aluevaalit-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"What are county elections?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"translation-block\"><b>What is a wellbeing service county?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">There are 21 wellbeing services counties in Finland. In this election you can vote for a candidate in the <b>county council<\/b>. County council makes decisions about healthcare and social services, and emergency rescue services in your wellbeing services county.<\/p>\n<h4><b>What is a county council? <\/b><\/h4>\n<p>County council consists of members of different political parties. They decide about the following things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Social- and healthcare services such as: child health centres, social care, care services for the elderly, primary healthcare, specialist care and mental health and substance abuse services<\/li>\n<li>Emergency rescue services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In short: services we all need and use.<\/p>\n<h4><b>How do I know who I can vote?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>You can vote for a candidate in your own wellbeing services county. You can find your wellbeing services county here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vaalit.fi\/en\/wellbeing-services-counties\">https:\/\/vaalit.fi\/en\/wellbeing-services-counties<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can find all available candidates here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi\/AV-2022\/en\/ehd_listat_kokomaa.htm\">https:\/\/tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi\/AV-2022\/en\/ehd_listat_kokomaa.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">You can use an election compass to find the best candidate for yourself. When you open an election compass, you will at first choose your municipality. That way you can only see candidates available for you. The following link leads to YLE\u2019s election compass, which is available in Finnish, English, Swedish, Russian, Northern Sami and Arabics. There are many other election compasses available, and you can use any one you want.<\/p>\n<p>YLE election compass: <a href=\"https:\/\/vaalikone.yle.fi\/aluevaalit2022\/?lang=eng\">https:\/\/vaalikone.yle.fi\/aluevaalit2022\/?lang=eng<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><b>Why should you vote in the regional elections? <\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>These elections affect your everyday services<\/li>\n<li>If you don\u2019t vote, you will not be heard<\/li>\n<li>Voting is a civic duty<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Useful links:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Regional elections in easy Finnish: <a href=\"https:\/\/selkokeskus.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Aluevaalit_2022_selkoesite_fi.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FAQ about regional elections: <a href=\"https:\/\/vaalit.fi\/en\/frequently-asked-questions-about-the-2022-county-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Information about regional elections in Finnish, English, Swedish, Russian, Northern Saame, Arabics and Somali: <a href=\"https:\/\/yle.fi\/uutiset\/3-12176668#en\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>List of election panels by social- and healthcare organisations (in Finnish): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soste.fi\/uutinen\/aluevaalit-ovat-sote-jarjestoille-erittain-tarkeat-jarjestojen-sote-muutostuki-on-mukana-jarjestamassa-aluevaalipaneeleita-eri-puolilla-suomea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UusimaaJarjestot2022\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UusimaaJarjestot2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Espoonmokulat\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Espoonmokulat<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mik\u00e4 on hyvinvointialue? Suomessa on 21 hyvinvointialuetta. N\u00e4iss\u00e4 vaaleissa valitaan aluevaltuusto, eli ne henkil\u00f6t, jotka p\u00e4\u00e4tt\u00e4v\u00e4t alueen sosiaali- ja terveysasioista sek\u00e4 pelastustoimesta. Mik\u00e4 on aluevaltuusto? Aluevaltuusto koostuu eri puolueiden edustajista. Se p\u00e4\u00e4tt\u00e4\u00e4 muun muassa seuraavista asioista: Sosiaali- ja terveyspalvelut, esimerkiksi: neuvolat, vanhustenhuolto, sosiaalihuolto, perusterveydenhuolto, erikoissairaanhoito, sek\u00e4 mielenterveys- ja p\u00e4ihdepalvelut Pelastustoimi Lyhyesti: palvelut, joita me kaikki [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":6728,"menu_order":88,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6710","uutinen","type-uutinen","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uutiset"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uutinen\/6710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uutinen"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/uutinen"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6710"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uutinen\/6710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6777,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uutinen\/6710\/revisions\/6777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moniheli.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}