Under 26: When do I register to vote?

Verified 28 June 2022 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

You may already be on the voters list, especially if you were registered ex officio after you made your citizen census. But if you have since moved, or if your parents where you live have moved, you must re-enroll.

You can check if you are registered to vote:

Verify your voter registration and polling station

If you are not registered, you must register either on the voters list of a town hall or on a consular voters list.

List of electors of a town hall

You must meet all of the following conditions:

  • Being French
  • Enjoy your civil and political rights

Namely:

You can register to vote in one of the following municipalities:

  • Municipality of your home
  • Municipality in which you have been subject to local taxes (housing tax, company property tax, property tax on built or unbuilt property) for at least 2 years
  • Municipality of your residence, if you have lived there effectively and continuously for at least 6 months
  • Municipality where you are required to reside as an official
  • Municipality where the business, of which you have been the manager or majority or sole partner for at least 2 years, has been registered in the role of municipal contributions for at least 2 years

Namely:

  • If you are staying with a relative (for example, a relative) or a friend, you can be registered in the municipality where you are staying.
  • If you are SDF: titleContent, you can be registered in the municipality of the organization where you have chosen to live.

Reminder

certain persons are subject to a specific registration procedure:

You can register all year round:

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Online

Warning  

you can apply online on condition have already reached the age of 18.

You must provide the following scanned documents:

Application to register online on the electoral lists

On the spot

By yourself

You must provide the following:

Who shall I contact
Through another person

You can have someone do this for you.

To do this, you must provide the following documents:

Who shall I contact

By mail

You must submit the following documents:

Who shall I contact

Warning  

to vote in a particular election, you must respect a deadline.

The electoral map is mailed to your home no later than 3 days before 1er election round (or referendum).

If your electoral map was not distributed to you before the election or referendum, it is kept at the polling station. You can retrieve it by presenting a identity document.

Consular List of Electors (Abroad)

You must meet all of the following conditions:

  • Being French
  • Enjoy civil and political rights

Reminder

certain persons are subject to a specific registration procedure:

How do I register?

You can apply to be registered on the consular voters list:

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Online (by the register of French outside France)

You can apply to be registered on the consular voters list 

You must use this online service:

Register of French outside France - Consular registration

On site (consulate, embassy)

You can apply for registration on the consular voters list by going directly to the consulate (or embassy).

You must provide the following:

When to register?

You can register all year round.

But to vote in a particular election, you have to respect a deadline.

FYI  

this new registration will cancel your previous voter registration.