Were all Parisians who wanted to be able to take part in this new day of voting on the SUV square in the capital?
This Sunday, many voters reported, particularly on the social network
In fact, many of them, as Le Parisien was able to observe in several districts of the city, had to turn back by going to their polling place to which they thought they were attached.
A little anecdote from a polling station to show to what extent the organization of this vote on SUVs is a charade...
A lady who has been voting for years in the 15th was repackaged and sent back to the 7th without any other explanation. You have to go to the 7th" and must… pic.twitter.com/xOiUKoxvEg
— Tarpin_Serrant (@ChakTarSan) February 4, 2024
“How to complicate voting in the 16th century,” says a Parisian.
We line up at the town hall, the designated voting location, and there we send you… Porte de Saint-Cloud, more than 3 km away for me and in other places for others.
As a result, many give up.
Hard to vote against in the 16th..." "It's voting in the 16th, despite the chaotic organization of the City of Paris regarding the polling stations," laments another.
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An equally dissatisfied Parisian recounts the case of a “lady who has been voting for years in the 15th and who was sent back to the 12th without any explanation”.
“So, in addition to having three polling stations chasing each other, we are being pushed back into our usual voting district?
Great way to encourage people not to vote,” regrets the Internet user.
The City had however specified, as we also indicated here, that the vote took place in the district corresponding to the address of its registration on the electoral lists.
To find out their polling station, voters were invited to enter their address in the dedicated map on the City's website.
Obviously not all voters took the trouble to go through this step.
A chaotic organization?
A democratic farce?
Come on, an exercise in local democracy organized like an election, only with fewer voting locations.
— Barthelemy Bolo (@B2Bolo) February 4, 2024
“A chaotic organization?
A democratic farce?
Come on, an exercise in local democracy organized like an election, with only fewer voting places,” defended Anne Hidalgo’s entourage on the social network X. In fact, there was this Sunday 38 open voting locations, compared to, for example, nearly 900 for a presidential election.
The result of the vote is expected this Sunday evening around 9:30 p.m.