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[David O'Brien]

Touché

On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 11:16 AM David Lublin <lublinau at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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