Several polling stations experienced a few small incidents this Sunday. Most marginal, although some were able to prevent some voters from voting…
Organizing the vote of 48.7 million voters is never done without a hitch… During this election Sunday, a certain number of incidents were recorded through the many polling stations in France. None of a large scale, even if these small irregularities could disturb the vote of some voters. Small anthology.
Missing or stolen ballots
In Pau, morning voters wishing to vote Anne Hidalgo may have been disconcerted when they arrived at their polling station… In an office in the city center of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques prefecture, only eleven piles of ballots were laid out on the tables. That of the socialist candidate had been forgotten … in her box, relates South West. The president of the polling station realized this when the local delegate of the Constitutional Council, who came to ensure the regularity of the vote, noted the anomaly.
In Marseille, it was the ballots of another candidate who had some setbacks… In a polling station, a whole pile of papers marked Eric Zemmour was stolen. It was Antoine Baudino, parliamentary assistant to Stéphane Ravier, senator and supporter of the far-right candidate, who revealed the breach on Twitter. The town hall of Marseille then confirmed to our colleagues from LCI that a “emergency base” should have been used. Each polling station does have extra ballots in case such problems arise.
A door condemned to glue in the Aisne
In Watigny, in the Aisne, a polling station almost opened late… As its officials were about to open the door, they found that glue had been inserted into the lock. The voters of this small Picardy village of 379 inhabitants could have been deprived of the vote… fortunately the office had a second door at the back. New Aisne explains that he was able to open on time, and that this incident had no impact on the vote.
In Lyon, a voter prevented from voting for showing her vital card
The vital card, if it presents a photograph, is indeed part of the documents making it possible to justify its identity at the time of the vote. But apparently not everyone knows that. In Lyon, a voter was denied the right to vote because she presented this document when inserting her ballot into the ballot box. She had to go home and come back with another piece of ID. “I will do my civic duty at the end of the afternoon with another document, but it is quite unacceptable. It can demotivate people.regretted this 28-year-old woman who confided in the Progress.
Late assessors in Mayotte
On the other hand in Pamandzi, in the overseas department of Mayotte, some voters were prevented from voting. The 1st says that at 8:20 a.m., polling station No. 165 in this commune was still not open. And for good reason: no assessor had arrived, while the office was supposed to open at 8 am. It finally opened a few minutes later, but a morning voter working on Sunday could not cast his vote because of this delay… In Tsingoni, two offices opened even later: only from 9 a.m…. “Some voters did not have the patience to wait and turned around”reports the Mahoran media.