AMERICANALMANAC (Lynn Jenkins) - Somali-born lawmaker steps aside as voter fraud probe threatens to upend Sweden's razor-thin election
A Somali migrant newly elected to Sweden's parliament has taken a leave of absence while police investigate alleged voter fraud in his district, a probe that could flip control of the government if it triggers a new election. Mohamed Abdukardir Ali, a Left Party candidate who won a seat representing the Borlänge area in Dalarna […] The post Somali-born lawmaker steps aside as voter fraud probe threatens to upend Sweden's razor-thin election appeared first on American Almanac .
A Somali migrant newly elected to Sweden's parliament has taken a leave of absence while police investigate alleged voter fraud in his district, a probe that could flip control of the government if it triggers a new election. Mohamed Abdukardir Ali, a Left Party candidate who won a seat representing the Borlänge area in Dalarna County, stepped back from the Riksdag after Swedish police opened a preliminary investigation into irregularities during this month's general election. A second Left Party candidate in the same district, Ahmed Abas Omar, is also a focus of the inquiry, Breitbart reported . The investigation centers on Borlänge, a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. The left-wing bloc won six of the county's eleven…Open