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06/11/2007, 5:29 Punch Joined on 23/08/2004 Mayenne (53) Posts 688 Re: EU citizens: your right to vote in France Thanks Clair  - We registered and voted in the last elections 6/7 years ago, so do we need to register again for the next elections in March 2008, or will we recieve our voting card automatically  ?    Report

06/11/2007, 7:16 Lisleoise Joined on 15/12/2005 Périgord Vert (NW Dordogne) Posts 859 Re: EU citizens: your right to vote in France As long as you haven't moved communes then your registration will still be valid.  I checked mine a few weeks ago and I was told that it is not necessary to re-register each year unless there is a change of communes.  Worth checking with your Mairie though.    Report

06/11/2007, 21:39 Val_2 Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 3,050 Re: EU citizens: your right to vote in France We had our voting cards in the post weeks ago now so if yours have not arrived, check it out as previously non-french nationals HAD to register EVERY year again before Dec 31st.    Report

10/12/2007, 14:45 krusty Joined on 13/08/2006 haute vienne (87) Posts 2,141 Re: EU citizens: your right to vote in France We registered today , very easy , was told we would get our voting cards in February .    Report

12/02/2008, 21:10 Jess Joined on 10/02/2008 Posts 21 Re: EU citizens: your right to vote in France Hi All Do you have to be a french citizen to be on someone's list? Jess    Report

12/02/2008, 21:40 Val_2 Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 3,050 Re: EU citizens: your right to vote in France No but you should be a tax paying resident and you have to be invited to be on that list by a member of the current council.    Report

03/03/2008, 23:39 oscar Joined on 28/02/2008 Posts 38 Re: EU citizens: your right to vote in France we got our voting cards from our Maire today.  He told us about the election on Sunday for our village council but he didn't know whether we could vote in the cantonale election the following week.  Does anyone know? What's the Maire's list by the way?    Report

04/03/2008, 6:40 Lisleoise Joined on 15/12/2005 Périgord Vert (NW Dordogne) Posts 859 Re: EU citizens: your right to vote in France  oscar wrote: What's the Maire's list by the way? The Maire's Liste is his team of people putting themselves forward for the places on the council.  Normally a liste will be = to the number of places on the council.  Then there may or may not be opposing listes.  It depends on the size of your town/village on how it works.  Have a look on the TF1 website where it explains it clearly. BTW, our voting cards should arrive today having been posted a couple of days ago.  The 1er adjoint told me the other week that they wait until february was over so that anyone turning 18 would get included in the distribution.    Report

04/03/2008, 8:48 Will Joined on 22/09/2004 Sussex & 50 (Mortainais) Posts 4,727 Re: EU citizens: your right to vote in France I like the bit that says "dans les communes de moins de 2500 habitants, il est possible de voter pour les personnes qui ne sont pas candidats". I know what it means - we have only about 40 voters in our commune (including les anglais - the 'offical' register is smaller) so that's how it works here, no lists as such, anybody can let it be known that they are standing then, in the first round at least, voters can write their name on the paper if they support them. But I can imagine that anybody who wanted to be perverse could arrange the election of Mickey Mouse, Adolf Hitler or a Jedi Knight to the local council. Though being fictitious, dead, or non-taxpayers they most likely wouldn't be allowed to take up their seats. Will intentionally blank signature http://www.vienormande.com    Report

04/03/2008, 11:25 oscar Joined on 28/02/2008 Posts 38 Re: EU citizens: your right to vote in France  Will wrote: I like the bit that says "dans les communes de moins de 2500 habitants, il est possible de voter pour les personnes qui ne sont pas candidats". I know what it means - we have only about 40 voters in our commune (including les anglais - the 'offical' register is smaller) so that's how it works here, no lists as such, anybody can let it be known that they are standing then, in the first round at least, voters can write their name on the paper if they support them. But I can imagine that anybody who wanted to be perverse could arrange the election of Mickey Mouse, Adolf Hitler or a Jedi Knight to the local council. Though being fictitious, dead, or non-taxpayers they most likely wouldn't be allowed to take up their seats. Ah that explains the other bit that he said.  He told us that we could write anyone else's name on our voting papers if we wanted to, which didn't make sense to me and I presumed I had misunderstood.    Report

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