Online, in police stations, gendarmerie brigades or at the judicial court, proxies are flooding into the Cher as the first round of early legislative elections approaches.
The major political issue of the legislative election seems to be to galvanize participation. As the first round of early legislative elections approaches, this Sunday, June 30, voters are rushing to request proxy requests.
According to Ifop, 64% of voters plan to vote in the first round, compared to 47.51% in the 2022 legislative elections and 51.5% in the European elections. Taken by surprise by the surprise announcement, on June 9, of the dissolution of the National Assembly of the Head of State on the evening of the European elections, many voters, who had not planned to return to the polls on June 30 and July 7 and will be absent from their municipality during this election, rely on a trusted voter to vote in their place.
In the Cher, proxies are pouring in. According to figures from the prefectural services communicated this Tuesday, 6,243 proxies had been recorded in the department.
Even the parties mobilize their activists
It is possible to go to a police station or gendarmerie brigade to register your request.
You can also go directly to the judicial court in Bourges to fill out your proxy. As of Tuesday, June 25, 53 proxies had already been registered there since June 10, compared to 25 in total for the European elections. In comparison, 85 cumulative proxies had been registered for the 2022 presidential and legislative elections. Voters have several options to validate their proxy. By filling out an online form on the website
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maprocuration.gouv.fr (then by going to the national police or the gendarmerie); fully online with a certified France identity identity; by filling out the form to print (then go to the police or gendarmerie); or by directly filling out the form available at a police station or gendarmerie brigade.
If you don’t know anyone close to you to vote in your place, some parties have taken the initiative of mobilizing their volunteer activists to help out those who are unable to vote. Forms have been put online on the websites of the main political parties in the running.
There is no deadline for establishing a power of attorney, but it is advisable to do so as soon as possible so that the town hall has time to take it into account.
In France, more than 1.3 million proxies have already been recorded.
Thomas Migault
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