If the debate on internet voting is stuck in France, this way of voting is already a reality for French people living outside our borders.
They are 1.2 million - registered on the registers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - to be called upon to speak next month from their smartphone, tablet or computer in the context of consular elections.
The ballot - which should allow the election of 447 advisers for French people living abroad - was postponed for a year because of the health crisis.
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Already tested in 2014, internet voting should experience a boost this year, in accordance with the wishes of the Scientific Council.
“We hope to increase participation in consular elections, which are traditionally low,”
explains Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Secretary of State for Tourism, French people living abroad and La Francophonie.
And this while the Covid-19 epidemic will cause the closure of around 20% of polling stations
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