At least two mayors are already sick. Several city officials and candidates are confined to their homes. Ten days before the municipal elections, some campaigns were interrupted, in the Oise in particular but also in the Morbihan, others are dotted and the polling process itself looks precarious - not to mention the possible appeals by the continued - while no one knows the degree of progression of the coronavirus in the coming days.
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A puzzle for the government as for the political staffs. All observe closely the polls on the concern of the French and a possible decline in participation, especially among the elderly. " Seniors represent 20% of the electorate and 45% of the votes cast on average ", worries Stéphane Beaudet, outgoing mayor ex-LR of Evry-Courcouronnes and president of the Association of the mayors of Île-de-France . In this case, not all parties will be affected equally.
For a postponement of the municipal elections on the whole territory, a law is necessary, coming to modify that which fixed the ballot in MarchIn the Oise, a very
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