Small comical scenes took place on this election Sunday. “Liberation” goes around the unexpected moments in the polling stations for this second round.
After the few hiccups in the first round, the final ballot of the presidential election, this Sunday, also had its share of surprises.
Florian Philippot believes himself in Fast and Furious
He was obviously in a hurry to get to his polling station. A little too much. While he was driving this Sunday to Forbach, in Moselle, to slip a ballot into the ballot box, Florian Philippot was arrested by the gendarmerie, as reported by Le Parisien. Reason for the arrest: the driver of the far-right populist, a friend, he said, had a bit of a heavy foot, driving at a speed of between 170 and 180 km / h on the A4 motorway. The police had no choice but to immobilize the vehicle and Florian Philippot ended, according to him, the train journey. The one who was a presidential candidate for a time – having received only one sponsorship, he had withdrawn his candidacy – nevertheless ended up reaching his polling station, as he proudly showed on Twitter.
Subdued atmosphere in Comprégnac
No offense to Emmanuel Macron, the return to the candle is sometimes good. The village of Comprégnac, in Aveyron, experienced this on the day of the second round. The town has been without electricity since Saturday afternoon and had to light its polling station with a candle, reports Free lunch.
Jean Lassalle “abstentionist before the ballot box”
The former candidate Jean Lassalle, who had announced that he would vote blank in the second round, finally abstained this Sunday morning in his village Lourdios-Ichère (Pyrénées-Atlantiques). The one who had won more than a million votes and 3.13% of the votes in the first round made his choice public during a theatrical scene in his polling station. He mimed the gesture of voting in front of the ballot box before slipping his “white slip” in his pocket, declaring himselfabstainer at the ballot box”. After “these last two weeks of campaigning, which have given me so many sleepless nights […] I said to myself that the white vote was no longer up to the task”, explained the deputy for Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Problem : “Any discussion or deliberation by voters is prohibited inside the polling stations,” according to the electoral code.
But crazy. In the polling station, the vote is secret and no instructions should be given there.
— Christine Rabot-Pinson (@crabotpinson) April 24, 2022
Tomatoes against a vote
The municipalities compete in creativity to encourage people to go to the polls. In Ouarville, in Eure-et-Loir, a reward awaited the voters, says the Actu.fr site. Everyone left with two trays of cherry tomatoes offered by local farmers. The gift is not seasonal, but it is stamped “zero pesticides”.
Valérie Pécresse skips the voting booth
The unfortunate Republican candidate seemed to have her mind elsewhere this Sunday. His vote in Vélizy-Villacoublay, in the Yvelines, did not go as planned. After a few moments of exchanges with the assessors of her polling station, the president of the Ile-de-France region headed for the exit with her ballots in hand, dodging the voting booth. She quickly realized her blunder and turned around to go through with her vote. The scene was immortalized by BFMTV.