The "ni-ni", a little time to kill and a minimum of coordination, and here is the result.
Sunday evening in Tallenay, a small village in the Doubs with just over 400 inhabitants, the assessors had a surprise at the time of the count.
In the middle of the Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen bulletins, ten envelopes containing sheets in the name of Kylian Mbappé had been slipped into one, as reported by L'Est Républicain.
Or a little more than half of the 26 invalid ballots – because no, a vote in favor of the PSG striker could not be counted – from the town located north of Besançon.
“We saw one come out, then two, then three... It was very well done, it looked like real bulletins.
The name had not been scribbled quickly in pen, but had been typed on a computer and then printed, tells Parisian-Today in France the mayor of Tallenay, Ludovic Barbarossa, present when the envelopes were opened.
It doesn't look like the initiative of a simple joker, it looks more like a concerted action.
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“Is this a bet between friends?
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In the village, where Emmanuel Macron came out on top in the second round with 70% of the vote after having already dominated the first round, "it's been discussed since", slips the chosen one.
Especially since no one, to the mayor's knowledge, is a claimed supporter of PSG, and no ballot in the name of the world champion had been counted two weeks earlier.
For the time being, no one has claimed authorship of the joke, assures Ludovic Barbarossa.
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“Is this a bet between friends?
Did five couples who dined together on Saturday night have this idea and got organized?
Frankly, I do not know, continues the mayor.
In any case, I refuse to judge the gesture of my constituents who came to vote.
They have the right to vote null, no matter how.
We had two other newsletters in the name of the former first deputy with a photomontage representing him, for example.
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As for the ten votes for Kylian Mbappé, the chosen one did not even take a photo of them.
Placed under seal, they were then transported to the Doubs prefecture in Besançon, as required by procedure.
"But if Kylian Mbappé wants to come and discover our village, he is welcome," says Ludovic Barbarossa.
He already has ten supporters before even putting a toe on it.