Technically, that's a pretty fucking big deal if the ballots got invalidated because of that And as far as I know... Yeah legally speaking, this is potentially ground for vote cancellation https://www.ladepeche.fr/2022/04/23/presidentielle-vote-blanc-vote-nul-abstention-quelle-difference-10253962.php >>The blank vote is different from the **null vote**. The invalid vote corresponds to non-regulatory ballots, without an envelope, torn or annotated, which cannot be taken into account in the results and which are declared **invalid** during the counting. Note that those with slight imperfections, such as a printing defect, will however be counted because these defects are not the result of the will of the candidate or the voter. >>Since 2014, blank ballots have been counted separately from **invalid votes**. But, as before, they are not taken into account in the number of votes cast. This was in 2017 https://www.franceculture.fr/politique/record-historique-de-votes-blancs-et-nuls-la-presidentielle >>Historical record of blank and invalid votes in the presidential election 08/05/2017 By Eric Chaverou **11.44% of voters cast a blank or invalid ballot in the ballot box, according to final figures from the Ministry of the Interior.** A record for the Fifth Republic which can be explained by a strong "ni-ni", polls giving a second round played in advance and growing political anger. https://archive.ph/m8RcS 2017 Nuls 2,24% of registered voters, 3% of voters Blanks 6,35% of registered voters, 8,52% of voters Abstentions 25,44% MACRON 43,61% of registered voters, 66,10% of voters LE PEN 22,36% of registered voters, 33,90% of voters They "Ministry of the Interior" haven't published the official page for 2022 yet... Technically she's on an upward trend and he's on a downward trend compared to 2017, she got 41 and he got 58, but still