Can you vote for political elections online?

Verified 09 July 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

The rules are different depending on whether you vote in France, or from the foreigner:

In France

You can't vote online.

To vote, you must go to your polling station with a proof of identity, on voting day.

But if you plan to be away that day, you can to make a proxy for voting.

Making a power of attorney allows you to charge another voter with vote for you, in your polling station, on the day of the vote.

To find out the address of your polling station and check your powers of attorney, you can use this online service:

Verify your voter registration and polling station

From the foreigner

You can vote via the internet provided to comply with the following 3 conditions:

  • You live abroad
  • You are registered on a consular voters list. You can check your voter registration using this teleservice.
  • When you registered, you provided an email address (e-mail address) and a phone number. This data is necessary to communicate a username and password.

You can vote online during elections following:

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Parliamentary elections

In general elections, you can vote by internet. To do this, it may be necessary to update your contact information in the foreigner register before a deadline.

But you may prefer to vote by correspondence, or by going to polling station the election day, or by making a prior power of attorney.

Election of advisers of French citizens abroad

In the election of advisers to French citizens abroad, you can vote by internet.

But you may prefer to go to the polling station the election day, or vote by power of attorney.

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