If you take all the ballots, those clowns are going to think "They want to vote for Le Pen (or some other non-globalist candidate) but don't want to openly show it" and then engage in the same bullying tactics. It does happen, even if there's rules against it.
I agree that the US system is utter horseshit.
Well, first of all, voter intimidation in france isn't a thing, it's cops right away, there's zero tolerance for that sort of stunt
And even if it happened somewhere in france, in some hypothetical extreme circumstances/context, you just need to come with the bulletin you received by mail and take another one to pretend you're voting for it
Elections aren't run by felons in france, you're projecting on france, your american view of the election process, and I get that in the US, fraud and voter intimidation aren't necessarily something out of the ordinary.... And that's a problem, indeed, to say the least
your american view of the election process
Wrong. I'm not from the US. And I'm speaking from experience having voted in a country which has a similar voting system to France. I didn't particularly care that I was getting filthy looks for having grabbed the ballot for a party which were seen as being scum by the establishment, but many would feel intimidated by that.
>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.
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