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[Pildes, Rick]

During an interview with Le Figaro today, I learned something remarkable from the French journalist about absentee voting in France that I thought I'd share with the list.

French elections are held on Sunday, there is no early voting, and only limited absentee voting, such as for those who cannot be present on election day.  But to vote absentee, I was told, you fill out forms to designate someone to go into the polls and vote for you on election day.  There are no absentee ballots.  So you have to trust that the person you designate will vote the way you want.  Another way to put this is that even absentee voting is in-person on a single election day.


Best,
Rick

Richard H. Pildes
Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law
NYU School of Law
347-886-6789

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