[EL] (no subject)

[David O'Brien]

That's right. Internet voting is limited to certain elections. For most
elections overseas voters have to use extraterritorial in-person voting or
the proxy voting you mentioned in your first email.

On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 12:10 PM Pildes, Rick <rick.pildes at nyu.edu> wrote:

> 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>
> *Cc:* Election Law Listserv <law-election at uci.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [EL] (no subject)
>
>
>
> 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> 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.
>
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>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Rick
>
>
>
> Richard H. Pildes
>
> Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law
>
> NYU School of Law
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> 347-886-6789
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