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[David O'Brien]

When it comes to absentee voting from abroad, France was an early adopter
of internet voting
<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41253-021-00148-8> and French
voters living abroad have been able to cast ballots online for some offices
since 2006. France also offers overseas in-person voting sites for national
elections (typically at consulates), so a French voter living in Quebec or
New York or Tahiti doesn't need to vote absentee at all (although they may
have to travel a long way depending on how far they live from the nearest
consulate).

On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 9:43 AM Pildes, Rick <rick.pildes at nyu.edu> wrote:

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