Sweden has accepted about 2 million immigrants during the 20-21th century so far. This has created a situation where their presence plays a large role in Swedish elections, while their own voices play a lesser role. Foreign-born people vote less in Swedish elections than their numbers would suggest they could. Many immigrants who have acquired the right to vote often prefer to stay quiet, which challenges their integration into society. Those who avoid voting tend to have non-democratic backgrounds. This study aims to identify the obstacles that lead to low turnout in that group. The authors theorise that this may be caused by barriers related to integration as well as political habits brought along from the countries of origin. The research uses semi-structured interview questions in combination with methodical qualitative content analysis. The interview questions used components from the Civic Voluntarism Model (CVM) related to integration. Responses were transcribed, clarified, and coded, using categories derived from the CVM. The most common observed obstacle to turnout was a lack of political expertise followed by insufficient language skills, and not enough time. Regarding the obstacles that resulted from home-country experiences, the most common impediments were related to no interest or confidence in democracy, or in politics in general. To be able to generalise, this study would need to survey a representative sample of respondents, using survey questions using the CVM-derived questions with a preset set of answer options.