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Voting in France: Paper Ballots, Cast in Person; No Machines
US News ^ | April 8, 2022 | ap

Posted on 04/11/2022 1:51:05 PM PDT by george76

French voters in Sunday’s presidential election will use the same system that’s been used for generations.

French voters in Sunday's presidential election will use the same system that's been used for generations: paper ballots that are cast in person and counted by hand. Despite periodic calls for more flexibility or modernization, France doesn’t do mail-in voting, early voting or use voting machines en masse like the United States

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PAPER BALLOTS..

Voters must be at least 18 years old.

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Voters make their choices in a booth, with the curtains closed, then place their ballot in an envelope that is then put into a transparent ballot box. They must show photo identification and sign a document, next to their name, to complete the process.

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Mail-in voting was banned in 1975 amid fears of potential fraud.

Machine-voting was allowed as an experiment starting in 2002, but the purchase of new machines has been frozen since 2008 due to security concerns.

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Last year, Macron's centrist government tried to pass an amendment to allow early voting by machine to encourage electoral participation amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Senate, led by a conservative majority, rejected the measure, arguing it was announced with too little notice and was not solid enough legally.

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People who test positive for the virus can go to the polls. They are strongly advised to wear a mask

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To: arthurus

hopefully this time it’s different. the people of france are looking for a break it seems, especially with these giant yellow vest uprisings


21 posted on 04/11/2022 2:53:48 PM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: V_TWIN

Results the same or next day too.


22 posted on 04/11/2022 3:19:09 PM PDT by Don Corleone (leave the gun, take the canolis)
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To: HKMk23
That’s bastagés to you, monsieur.

Ah, a Frenchie. I'll have you know my father fought to free you frogs from our relatives, the krauts.

23 posted on 04/11/2022 3:27:34 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: PGR88
In America, mail-in voting was expanded in 2020 in the hope of potential fraud.

Hope? More like a slam-damn-dunk!

24 posted on 04/11/2022 3:29:43 PM PDT by libertylover (Our BIGGEST problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: rktman
We should try that here in the new world sometime.

You may not like the “jungle primary” and the national popular vote choosing our President.

25 posted on 04/11/2022 3:29:57 PM PDT by semimojo
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To: george76

This process for voting in France sounds like the way things should be here.

Voter ID, no machines and no early voting. Fair and would eliminate Dems from power if implimented here.


26 posted on 04/11/2022 3:57:26 PM PDT by kevinm13 (Manmade "Global Warming" is a HOAX! )
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To: george76

How racist and trying to suppress the right people from voting.


27 posted on 04/11/2022 5:15:39 PM PDT by Robert357
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To: Jeff Chandler

Your relatives. Pardon me? Do I know you? ;-)

And it’s Germans, if you please. No offense meant by this German cripple, er, “handicapped person” - or whatever the latest pc term the PTB might have thought up :-)


28 posted on 04/13/2022 1:32:14 AM PDT by Menes
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To: spacejunkie2001

No


29 posted on 04/13/2022 1:33:21 AM PDT by Houserino
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