Voting by disabled people: how?

For persons traveling to the polling station (ballot)

Voters receive certain ballots at their homes prior to the election. This allows them to prepare their newsletter at home as needed.

The polling stations are designed to be accessible to people with disabilities (buildings with ground-level access, installation of sloping plans...).

The president of the polling station must also ensure that all electoral operations are accessible (clear access to the voting booth, height of the curtains but also tables or tablets in the voting booth, access to the ballot box and to the registration forms...). A polling station shall have at least one voting booth accessible to persons in wheelchairs. In addition, the ballot box must be accessible to all voters.

People with disabilities who need physical assistance can have a voter of their choice accompany them. The latter is not necessarily from the same polling station or the same commune. This accompanying voter can also enter the voting booth and insert the envelope into the ballot box in place of the voter he is accompanying. Finally, if the person with a disability cannot sign the sign-in list himself, the accompanying voter signs in his place and adds the handwritten entry:

the voter cannot sign himself

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For people who do not travel to the polling station (proxy voting)

Persons who cannot go to the polling station on election day may vote by proxy.

If you cannot go to the police station or gendarmerie brigade because of serious illness or infirmity, you can request that an officer or judicial police officer travel to your home (or to a specialized facility such as an Éhpad) to establish or terminate a power of attorney. You can make this request by mail, phone or email. A simple statement on your honor stating that you are clearly unable to travel must be presented. No medical certificate or other written evidence is required.