Can you vote without having reported your move?
Verified 27 June 2022 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
If you have moved and your new address no longer matches the one indicated when you registered to vote, you may have been removed from the lists of the municipality.
To check your registration on the lists of your former municipality, you can use the online service:
Verify your voter registration and polling station
If you are still registered at the old address
You can vote in the election:
- Or by moving to your old polling station and presenting a identity document
- Either in proxy to a voter
Warning
you will then have to report your change of address.
If you have been written off
You can't vote anymore. To be able to vote again, you must register to vote in your new municipality. You can register throughout the year. But to vote in a particular election, you must do so before a deadline. This deadline depends on the date of your move:
Moving until 6th Friday before 1st round
To vote in your new commune, you had to register on the electoral list of your new commune no later than 6e Friday before 1er turn.
You can do this:
Online (until 6th Wednesday before 1st round)
Warning
you can apply online on condition have already reached the age of 18.
You must provide the following scanned documents:
- Proof of domicile less than 3 months
- Proof of identity
On site (until 6th Friday before 1st round)
By yourself
You must provide the following:
- Proof of identity
- Proof of domicile less than 3 months
- Cerfa Form No. 12669 (also available in town hall)
Through another person
You can have someone do this for you.
To do this, you must provide the following documents:
- Written and signed document certifying that you have given him this authority
- Proof of identity
- Proof of domicile less than 3 months
- Cerfa Form No. 12669 (also available in town hall)
By post (received no later than 6th Friday before the 1st round)
Warning
the city hall must receive your mail by 6e Friday before 1er tower.
You must submit the following documents:
- Cerfa Form No. 12669
- Photocopy of a proof of identity
- Photocopy of a proof of domicile less than 3 months
Moving after the 6th Friday before the 1st round
General case
When your move takes place after 6e Friday before 1er tower, you cannot vote in your new commune during this election.
Following retirement (public official or contract staff)
If you were admitted to retirement after 6e Friday before 1er in turn, you can register on the electoral list of your new municipality up to 10e day before 1er turn. Family members who live with you on your retirement date have the same time to register. You can do this:
On site (until 10th day before 1st round)
You must provide the following:
- Proof of identity
- Proof of domicile less than 3 months
- Cerfa Form No. 12669 (also available in town hall)
- Specific situation justification (decree for the removal of managers, decree for the removal of staff, justification provided by the pension fund...)
You can have someone do this for you.
To do this, you must provide the following documents:
- Written and signed document certifying that you have given him this authority
- Proof of identity
- Proof of domicile less than 3 months
- Cerfa Form No. 12669 (also available in town hall)
- Specific situation justification (decree for the removal of managers, decree for the removal of staff, justification provided by the pension fund...)
By post (received no later than the 10th day before the 1st round)
Warning
the city hall must receive your mail no later than the 10the day before 1er tower.
You must provide the following:
- Proof of identity
- Proof of domicile less than 3 months
- Cerfa Form No. 12669
- Specific situation justification (decree for the removal of managers, decree for the removal of staff, justification provided by the pension fund...)
For professional reasons
General case
You can register on the electoral list of your new municipality up to 10e day before 1er turn if you move because of your work (unless transferred) after 6e Friday before 1er tower. Your family members residing with you on the date of the move also have this time to register. You can do this:
You must provide the following:
- Proof of identity
- Proof of domicile less than 3 months
- Cerfa Form No. 12669 (also available in town hall)
- Specific situation justification (move for professional reasons)
You can have someone do this for you.
To do this, you must provide the following documents:
- Written and signed document certifying that you have given him this authority
- Proof of identity
- Proof of domicile less than 3 months
- Cerfa Form No. 12669 (also available in town hall)
- Specific situation justification (move for professional reasons)
Warning
the city hall must receive your mail no later than the 10the day before 1er tower.
You must provide the following:
- Proof of identity
- Proof of domicile less than 3 months
- Specific situation justification (move for professional reasons)
You're military
You can register on the electoral list of your new municipality up to 10e day before 1er turn if you are returned to your home after meeting the legal obligations of being employed, or released from a class recall, or demobilized, or having moved on your return to civilian life after the 6the Friday before 1er tower. You can do this:
You must provide the following:
- Proof of identity
- Proof of domicile less than 3 months
- Cerfa Form No. 12669 (also available in town hall)
- Justification for the particular situation (return to civilian life...)
You can have someone do this for you.
To do this, you must provide the following documents:
- Written and signed document certifying that you have given him this authority
- Proof of identity
- Proof of domicile less than 3 months
- Cerfa Form No. 12669 (also available in town hall)
- Justification for the particular situation (return to civilian life...)
Warning
the city hall must receive your mail no later than the 10the day before 1er tower.
You must provide the following:
- Proof of identity
- Proof of domicile less than 3 months
- Justification for the particular situation (return to civilian life...)
You are a public official (official or contract)
You can register on the electoral list of your new municipality up to 10e day before 1er turn, if you move because of your work (including transfer) after 6e Friday before 1er tower. Family members who live with you on the date of the move (or transfer) also have this time to register. You can do this:
You must provide the following:
- Proof of identity
- Proof of domicile less than 3 months
- Cerfa Form No. 12669 (also available in town hall)
- Special situation justification (transfer...)
You can have someone do this for you.
To do this, you must provide the following documents:
- Written and signed document certifying that you have given him this authority
- Proof of identity
- Proof of domicile less than 3 months
- Cerfa Form No. 12669 (also available in town hall)
- Special situation justification (transfer...)
Warning
the city hall must receive your mail no later than the 10the day before 1er tower.
You must provide the following:
- Proof of identity
- Proof of domicile less than 3 months
- Special situation justification (transfer...)
Who can help me?
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For more information on this topic, you can contact Allô Service Public.
Cost: free service
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