opening and closing hours of polling stations, masks, covid positive, voter card, what you need to know before going to vote

Sunday, April 10, the first round of the presidential election takes place. What will be the participation and abstention in this election which takes place after two years of health crisis, and in the context of the war with Ukraine? If you go to vote, we answer your questions, with this practical information.

In Franche-Comté, polling stations are open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., including in Besançon, the main city.

In Burgundy, the polling stations of Côte-d’Or, Saône-et-Loire, Yonne and Nièvre are open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

In major cities elsewhere in France, prefectures can authorize closures until 7 p.m. or 8 p.m.

No, neither the health pass or vaccination certificate. Wearing a mask remains strongly recommended in polling stations for the elderly, immunocompromised, chronically ill and frail, as well as for their caregivers; symptomatic people; high-risk contact cases, people who have tested positive for covid-19, up to 7 days after their release from isolation.

Voters wearing a mask may be asked to remove it briefly to verify their identity.

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To vote, it is necessary to be registered on the electoral rolls of the polling station where one presents oneself and simply to justify one’s identity. The presentation of the electoral card is recommended, but not compulsory.

The documents accepted to prove his identity at the time of the vote (decree of November 16, 2018 entering into force on January 1, 2019) are the following. This ranges from the national identity card, passport, vital card with photo or secure driving license. All these documents must have a date that is still valid.

The entrances and exits of the polling stations will be separated. The polling stations will be regularly ventilated, indicates the Ministry of the Interior.

In all polling stations, surgical masks will be made available to voters and people participating in the organization of the poll who wish to wear them.

For vulnerable people, it will also be possible to request priority access from outside the polling station.

Voters are invited to maintain barrier gestures such as hand washing while the virus is still present.

The material made available to voters (pens, storage, ballot boxes, voting booths) will be cleaned frequently throughout the ballot.

It is requested to favor less crowded times (9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.) to come and vote.

Yes, but with a mask, which in this case is strongly recommended.

They are twelve to want to succeed Emmanuel Macron for a term of 5 years. The President of the Republic represents himself.

In alphabetical order :

Nathalie ARTHAUD (LO)
Nicolas DUPONT-AIGNAN (DLF)
Anne HIDALGO (PS)
Yannick JADOT (EELV)
Jean LASSALLE (Let’s resist!)
Emmanuel MACRON (LREM)
Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON (LFI)
Marine LE PEN (RN)
Valerie PÉCRESSE (LR)
Philippe POUTOU (NPA)
Fabien ROUSSEL (PCF)
Éric ZEMMOUR (Reconquest!)

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The presidential election is organized on the mode of a uninominal majority ballot in two rounds.

To be elected directly in the first round, it is necessary to obtain the absolute majority of the votes cast.

Only two candidates are allowed to stand in the second round. These are the two candidates with the highest number of votes in the first round. Whoever gets the most votes on April 24, the date of the second round, will be elected President of the French Republic for a five-year term.

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