THE QUESTION.
With a record abstention rate of 66.74% in the first round of regional and departmental elections, the idea was bound to resurface.
It is Stanislas Guerini, general delegate of La République en Marche, who put it on the table on Monday: "
I think we must now give ourselves all the means (to increase participation)
", estimated the member of the majority, questioned on France Inter.
“
Especially with internet voting.
I would like it to be put in place during the next five-year term,
”he said, judging that this was“
also part of the democratic issues
”.
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A Harris Interactive poll conducted after the 2015 regional elections gave very encouraging results on the subject.
Among the non-voters questioned, 58% of them declared that they would certainly or probably have voted if Internet consultation had been allowed.
Based on this study, LR parliamentarians tabled a bill to this effect in 2016. Despite
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