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[Pildes, Rick]

David,
From the article you linked to, it looks like French internet voting for overseas voters is limited to a narrow category of election, if I’ve read the piece correctly:

“As of 2021, Internet voting in France is only available for the elections of consular councillors for French citizens abroad.”

From: David O'Brien [mailto:dobrien at represent.us]
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 11:04 AM
To: Pildes, Rick <rick.pildes at nyu.edu>
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When it comes to absentee voting from abroad, France was an early adopter of internet voting<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__link.springer.com_article_10.1057_s41253-2D021-2D00148-2D8&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=v3oz9bpMizgP1T8KwLv3YT-_iypxaOkdtbkRAclgHRk&m=ljaSm-h6V2VTq70MWxMC_iI9GlJORlu2OA1hiPwgKkSr9Z1EN5-Uzva1a96hO_AQ&s=A0GRqWkCxT3oVwOg9ySrD8bCGsYqm_vNHWCvgaJRDgQ&e=> 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<mailto: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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