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Does a person in prison have the right to vote? - Convicted inmate

Verified 27 juin 2022 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister), Ministry of Justice

Your situation

I want to register to vote
I'm in prison
I'm doomed

Electoral Code: Articles L1 to L6
Electoral capacity
Electoral Code: Articles L9 to L15-1
Municipality of attachment: Article 12-1
Electoral Code: Articles L16 to L29
Transmission request for entry: Article L18-1
Electoral Code: Articles R81 to R85
Voting by mail
Circular INTA2031723J of 4/02/2021 on the establishment of a centralizing polling station and the postal voting of inmates
Voting by mail
Code of Criminal Procedure: Articles R57-7-95 to R57-7-97
Missions of the prison director
Penitentiary code: articles D424-22 to D424-30
Exit permits: Article D143-3
Code of Criminal Procedure: articles D147
Escorted temporary absence
Instruction INTA1830120J of 21 November 2018 on the keeping of the electoral lists and supplementary electoral lists (PDF - 2.0 MB)
Registration on the electoral lists
Addendum to instruction INTA1830120J of 21 November 2018 on the keeping of supplementary lists of electors
Certificate of identity and certificate on the attachment honor
Decree No. 2021-1501 of 18 November 2021 on the registration and voting by mail of persons detained in Wallis and Futuna Islands, French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Verify your voter registration and polling station
Online service
Application for registration on the electoral rolls
Form
Proxy voting
Form

FAQ

Proxy voting
Service-Public.fr
Inmate's guide arriving (PDF - 3.4 MB)
Ministry of Justice