>And I'm speaking from experience having voted in a country which has a similar voting system to France.
So, you're not speaking from experience, since you never participated in a french election.
-> You are projecting your "other experience" onto the french context <-
Taking all the bulletins in france is standard procedure, that's one of the first thing you learn in civics 101/school when you're french, that's how you're supposed to vote. Now it doesn't mean everybody does it, but that's standard procedure.
It's the same process that happens in France so it's still relevant. Why are you being so pedantic?
>It's the same process that happens in France so it's still relevant.
That's what you claim... While you were mostly clueless about the details of the french voting process a couple of hours ago... And again you never voted in france
In what country did you vote?
While you were mostly clueless about the details of the french voting process a couple of hours ago...
Strawman arguments ahoy! I think you have me confused with someone else, given I've never said this, or implied this, at all.
Edit: I think we disagree just simply because of your wording initially to be honest.
The voter gets pre-printed ballot papers (bulletin) from a table at the entrance of the voting office (mail-in voting is not allowed in France[7]). There is one ballot paper for each candidate, pair of candidates (for departmental elections) or list.
This could imply that you can only select one ballot, or that you get given all of them at once. In the country where I voted, they have the same system with ballots for individual candidates, but you select which candidate's ballot you are wanting to vote for. If you take all of them at the same time, a lot of people will think you're trying to cover up the fact that you're voting for someone that is non-establishment. If you select the ballot for said non-establishment candidate, you'll also get a chance of filthy looks or intimidation tactics depending on where you vote. Therefore it's sort of de-facto that you get coerced into voting for the "right" candidate because it's out in the open. That's what I mean by voter intimidation.
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