French Election - Questions???
Apr 24th, 2017, 12:26 PM
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French Election - Questions???
Hopefully some French residents will help clarify some conflicting info I got on news reports:
1- Is it always a 2-way run-off- the winner plus runner-up?
2- Or can someone pass some threshold and claim victory after first round - like over 50%?
3- Can there be a three- or four way run-off if all 3or 4 pass some threshold?
I am under the impression just the top two go on but some reports seemed to suggest not always?
4- My son born and bred in France - graduating from Lycee then came to States at age 19 - can he vote in French elections?
If so how- he said once he had to go in person to a Consulate to register.
Is he eligible to vote or not and if so how?
Merci pour rien d'assistance- pardon mon francaise!
Salut!
1- Is it always a 2-way run-off- the winner plus runner-up?
2- Or can someone pass some threshold and claim victory after first round - like over 50%?
3- Can there be a three- or four way run-off if all 3or 4 pass some threshold?
I am under the impression just the top two go on but some reports seemed to suggest not always?
4- My son born and bred in France - graduating from Lycee then came to States at age 19 - can he vote in French elections?
If so how- he said once he had to go in person to a Consulate to register.
Is he eligible to vote or not and if so how?
Merci pour rien d'assistance- pardon mon francaise!
Salut!
Apr 24th, 2017, 12:35 PM
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Apr 24th, 2017, 12:36 PM
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You don't even talk to your son enough to know if he can vote, and if he did?
FYI French the language is not feminine. did you mean to say thanks for nothing.
Your son is old enough to vote, if he is registered, he could have voted Saturday somewhere where he lives. Usually the polling place is at a consulate or embassy, he'd have to find out. I live in Wash DC and here it was at the Embassy. Expats voted on Saturday, not Sunday.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.e0382fe6d150
I don't know about the other issues on rounds.
FYI French the language is not feminine. did you mean to say thanks for nothing.
Your son is old enough to vote, if he is registered, he could have voted Saturday somewhere where he lives. Usually the polling place is at a consulate or embassy, he'd have to find out. I live in Wash DC and here it was at the Embassy. Expats voted on Saturday, not Sunday.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.e0382fe6d150
I don't know about the other issues on rounds.
Apr 24th, 2017, 12:42 PM
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You don't even talk to your son enough to know if he can vote, and if he did?>
Well yes - he says last time he enquired he had to go in person to Chicago (from Detroit area) to register but you say he would have to go there to vote! Not many outside cities with consulates thus could vote, right? No other way to vote - if you live in say Montana you'd have to go in person a thousand or so miles to vote - I can see to register once but to vote- seems like they do not want folks abroad to vote.
Anyway thanks janis and Christiana for taking time to help me understand it all!
Well yes - he says last time he enquired he had to go in person to Chicago (from Detroit area) to register but you say he would have to go there to vote! Not many outside cities with consulates thus could vote, right? No other way to vote - if you live in say Montana you'd have to go in person a thousand or so miles to vote - I can see to register once but to vote- seems like they do not want folks abroad to vote.
Anyway thanks janis and Christiana for taking time to help me understand it all!
Apr 24th, 2017, 12:58 PM
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If he have no intention of returning why vote? Why should people living abroad for many years have a vote in a country in which they no longer live, or intend to live?
We never voted in the UK elections after we moved to the Netherlands, and lost our right to do so after a number of years anyway. The only time we wished we could vote - and were promised we would be able to vote was the Brexit referendum, since that directly affects us. Of course when it came down to it they back tracked on allowing all Britons in Europe the right to vote in it. We might have made a difference.
DH voted for the first time in his life this year in the Dutch elections, as a new Dutch citizen. My citizenship came too late fr me to vote.
We still don't have a government btw.
It will be interesting to see what happens in France. Do not underestimate Le Pen. She has now resigned from the FN leadership to be above "partisan considerations". At least until she gets elected (taking lessons from Farage perhaps?). Neither candidate will find it easy since they won't have the backing of any of the major parties in government.
We never voted in the UK elections after we moved to the Netherlands, and lost our right to do so after a number of years anyway. The only time we wished we could vote - and were promised we would be able to vote was the Brexit referendum, since that directly affects us. Of course when it came down to it they back tracked on allowing all Britons in Europe the right to vote in it. We might have made a difference.
DH voted for the first time in his life this year in the Dutch elections, as a new Dutch citizen. My citizenship came too late fr me to vote.
We still don't have a government btw.
It will be interesting to see what happens in France. Do not underestimate Le Pen. She has now resigned from the FN leadership to be above "partisan considerations". At least until she gets elected (taking lessons from Farage perhaps?). Neither candidate will find it easy since they won't have the backing of any of the major parties in government.
Apr 24th, 2017, 01:05 PM
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1- Is it always a 2-way run-off- the winner plus runner-up?
Not necessarily, see under
2- Or can someone pass some threshold and claim victory after first round - like over 50%?
Yes, except that it never happened under the 5th republic.
3. No, only the top 2
4. If he has French nationaly, he can vote. First he has to apply to be registered on the Consulate list. This can be done by mail : Inscription consulaire (Registre des Français établis hors de France) | service-public.fr
If your son cannot go to the nearest consulate or embassy he can vote by proxy.
Not necessarily, see under
2- Or can someone pass some threshold and claim victory after first round - like over 50%?
Yes, except that it never happened under the 5th republic.
3. No, only the top 2
4. If he has French nationaly, he can vote. First he has to apply to be registered on the Consulate list. This can be done by mail : Inscription consulaire (Registre des Français établis hors de France) | service-public.fr
If your son cannot go to the nearest consulate or embassy he can vote by proxy.
Apr 24th, 2017, 01:14 PM
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To win in the first round, you have to get at least 50% of the <i>expressed</i> votes, after removal of the blank or void ballots.
In legislative and municipal elections there are often three-way or four-way runoffs -- there was even a case of a five-way runoff last time. To qualify, the candidates have to get at least 12.5% of the vote (assuming that nobody got 50% in the first round).
In legislative and municipal elections there are often three-way or four-way runoffs -- there was even a case of a five-way runoff last time. To qualify, the candidates have to get at least 12.5% of the vote (assuming that nobody got 50% in the first round).
Apr 24th, 2017, 01:22 PM
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Thanks pvoy and kerouac -seems he can vote easier than he thought- and if I could I'd vote too -anything to keep a basically a racism candidate from being elected anywhere.
He has interests in France -his mama owns a house there that eventually may be his -he may have to return to France some day because of costs of medical care here, etc.
Why wouldn't he want to vote? Though he lives here permanently so far he is labeled French and folks judge him on being French.
He has interests in France -his mama owns a house there that eventually may be his -he may have to return to France some day because of costs of medical care here, etc.
Why wouldn't he want to vote? Though he lives here permanently so far he is labeled French and folks judge him on being French.
Apr 24th, 2017, 01:29 PM
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Merci pour rien d'assistance- pardon mon francaise!>
see mistake and why it would be giving the answer before posing the question.
Unless in an old joke about German invasions:
Merci pour rient de risistance?
see mistake and why it would be giving the answer before posing the question.
Unless in an old joke about German invasions:
Merci pour rient de risistance?
Apr 24th, 2017, 02:09 PM
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janisj -<My post was simply so you don't re-invent the wheel . . .>
Umh - tu non vous ne jamais meme lire mes questions que j'ai pose -le thread tu- non vous a fait a reference a rien des choses relevant aux mes questions -absolument rien - ca connissez-vous? Oui ou non?
j-Merci pour rien d'assistance!
pardonnez-VOUS mon francaise!
Salut!
(Perfect French this time?)
kerouac I'll pass the Whatamalan's name on in case next time...
Umh - tu non vous ne jamais meme lire mes questions que j'ai pose -le thread tu- non vous a fait a reference a rien des choses relevant aux mes questions -absolument rien - ca connissez-vous? Oui ou non?
j-Merci pour rien d'assistance!
pardonnez-VOUS mon francaise!
Salut!
(Perfect French this time?)
kerouac I'll pass the Whatamalan's name on in case next time...
