2023-09-23 09:51:42
This is one of the obligations of members of the electoral college. As the Senate prepares to be renewed by half this Sunday, September 24, 2023 during the senatorial elections, the electors are called to the polls.
These 78,000 parliamentarians, departmental and regional councilors and delegates from municipal councils must vote to elect the 170 senators by indirect universal suffrage. A compulsory ballot, under penalty of receiving a fine of 100 euros, as stipulated article L. 318 of the electoral code : “Any member of the electoral college who, without legitimate cause, does not take part in the vote, will be fined 100 euros by the judicial court of the capital, at the request of the public prosecutor. The same penalty may be applied under the same conditions to the substitute delegate who, duly informed in due time, does not take part in the voting operations. »
In the event of a legitimate reason, a major voter can be replaced by a substitute who is then exposed to the same sanction. A unique fact in our country, where for all other elections voting is a right and not an obligation. If theregistration on the electoral roll is compulsoryvoting is never the case for elections by universal suffrage and this is not about to change.
“Since 2000, fifteen text proposals aimed at making voting compulsory have been presented without success. This status quo is explained in particular by the French legal and political doctrine which confers a higher value on individual freedom, leaving the voter the possibility of choosing his candidate or his list but also the possibility of refusing to participate in this choice. explained the government toNational Assembly in 2020.
As a reminder, the senatorial elections take place in a single round and the electors are called to vote during the day on Sunday between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
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