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[David Lublin]

French voters living in Tahiti don't need to vote absentee because they are
living in France.

All of France's overseas territories (with the exception of New Caledonia)
are considered part of France much like Hawaii is part of the U.S. There
are some differences among them, however. While Reunion, Mayotte,
Guadeloupe and Martinique are overseas departments, French Polynesia (like
Wallis and Futuna, St. Martin and St. Pierre and Miquelon) is an overseas
collectivity and has a fair amount of autonomy. But all send deputies and
senators to the National Assembly and vote in presidential elections (and
do citizens in New Caledonia).

Best,
David

On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 11:06 AM David O'Brien <dobrien at represent.us> wrote:

> When it comes to absentee voting from abroad, France was an early adopter
> of internet voting
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41253-021-00148-8__;!!IaT_gp1N!lTAXD_DggQOkJS0CspZfwD54IOMSsfshPoknr66DQp0vjk60wu61JT9bFqb5R_e7mw$>
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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