[EL] (no subject)

[sean at impactpolicymanagement.com]

That is a fascinating tidbit, something I'll file away in my "There are many
different ways to do democracy" file, subfile "Not really sure that's a good
idea but if it works for the French, good for them."

 

Sean Parnell

 

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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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