Posted on 10/04/2016 2:38:22 PM PDT by Olog-hai
France’s top court has introduced some slight changes for next year’s presidential election, including giving the public more time to vote. […]
Polling stations in most of France used to close at 6 pm, apart from in big cities like Paris where they remained open until 8 pm. But the Constitutional Council has decided that from next year polling stations around the country will stay open for an extra hour, until 7 pm. In the big cities, the closing time will still be 8 pm. […]
Presidential candidates will also have to be prepared to have their wealth made public. In the past, it was only the candidate who was elected president who had to divulge the value and makeup of his estate, but now all candidates will have details of the various houses and prized artworks laid bare, before the first round.
Other changes in the rules surround the method of gathering “sponsors”. Candidates who want to run for the presidential election must gather the signatures of 500 election officials from around France — known as “parrainages”. …
(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.fr ...
As a general rule, making it increasingly difficult and untenable for decent folks to run for office just means that no one wants to govern except would-be tyrants and mediocrities.
And the whole process just gets uglier and uglier.
Have to do whatever it takes to keep that nasty LePen out.
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