My first day in France I was able to go
with the lady that I was staying with and see how the voting system
works here in France. It was explained to me that there are many
people that run for the presidency and that one can vote for. But
then the election gets narrowed down to two candidates. I was able to
see the voting for the two candidates.
There was a long line just like we have
in the states but none of it was electronic. The people would walk in
with their ids and would give that to one person and then on the next
table there were two stacks of paper. The two stacks had the names of
both of the candidates. Each voter was to take both names into the
booth and then to take and small blue envelope that was next to the
two paper stacks. The voters would go into the both and put one of
the names into the small blue envelope. Then there was a big glass
box that was see through and they would slide the envelope into the
box and on the next table would be where they would sign their name.
A little different than the states but that's how it's down in
France.
-Andrew Meek
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