Can SARS-CoV-2 positive people vote?
People who have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in recent days will of course be able to go to the voting booth during the two rounds of voting. However, they will have to wear a mask, which will not be compulsory for other voters, government spokesman Gabriel Attal announced on March 30.
“For people who would be contaminated by [le] Covid in the days preceding the vote, they will be able to vote. Obviously, we recommend them, we ask them to wear a mask for that ”explained the spokesperson.
Emphasizing that “voting is a constitutional right, so nothing can prevent a person from going to vote”and that’“there will be no health pass, vaccination pass or test required to vote, at the entrance to the polling stations”Gabriel Attal launched “a call to individual responsibility”.
How to vote by proxy?
If you are unavailable on Sunday 10 and 24 April but wish to cast your vote in the presidential election, you can submit a proxy request on the maprocuration.gouv.fr website. There is no deadline for filing a power of attorney, but be careful, you must bear in mind the time taken to take your request into account.
“In the event of a late request, given the delivery times and the consideration by the town hall of your proxy, it is possible that your proxy may not be able to vote in your place”, recalls the Ministry of the Interior. A late proxy request before the first round may not be taken into account on April 10 but be valid for the second round on April 24.
This possible failure to take late power of attorney requests into account in time is the only difficulty pointed out by the Association of French Mayors (AMF), on Friday April 8, to the World, concerning the smooth running of the first round. The AMF thus fears that appeals will increase for lack of a deadline for filing a proxy.
The fact remains that to file a power of attorney online, it is in any case necessary for you to bring your voter number, registered on your voter card and also available in a few clicks here, as well as an identity document. When the online application is complete, you must go to a police station, gendarmerie brigade or consulate within the next few days to have the power of attorney validated.
To choose your proxy – the person who will vote for you – the only obligation is that he or she is also registered on the electoral lists. Since 1is January, it is possible to give your proxy to an agent who does not live in your municipality but, be careful, this person will still have to go to your usual polling station to place the ballot in the ballot box for you.
If you are finally available to vote and you do not end up using the proxy, there is no need to cancel it before going to your polling station, as long as the proxy has not voted before you.
Where to find your polling station and check that you are registered on the electoral lists?
To find your polling station in the event of a new registration on the electoral lists, simply look on your new voter card, if you have received it in time in your mailbox, or go to the site administrative official.
The site allows you to know the address of your polling station but also to check if you are registered on the electoral lists. To do this, simply enter your surname, first name, gender, date of birth and the name of the municipality in which you are voting. The site will give you all the information about your electoral situation.
If you did not register on the lists before March 4, unfortunately you will not be able to vote, unless you are still registered in your former municipality of residence and you have an agent to whom to make a proxy in time.
Is it mandatory to present your voter’s card to vote?
Well no ! If the presentation of the electoral card is recommended, it is only compulsory to vote to be registered on the electoral lists of the polling station where one presents oneself and to justify one’s identity. The list of identity documents that can be presented to vote (identity card, passport, driving licence, vital card with photograph, etc.) is available here.
On the other hand, the presentation of an identity document is not compulsory if you are registered in a municipality of less than 1,000 inhabitants. The president of the polling station is however free to ask you to prove your identity and this, “by any means” At your disposal.
Is it mandatory to take two ballots before going to the voting booth?
The principle of secret ballot voting is law in France. If the electoral code does not mention the obligation for the voter to take several ballot papers before entering the voting booth, this is a practice and a request made by many presidents of vote place.
Still, in a judgment of 1993, the Constitutional Council specifies that the use is in no way obligatory. “No provision of the electoral code obliges voters to take several ballots; that, consequently, the alleged circumstance does not constitute an irregularity likely to vitiate the results of the ballot. »
As a reminder, you also have the right not to take any ballots on the spot but to go to the polling station and to the voting booth with one of the regulatory ballots received with the professions of faith of the candidates by mail before the election.