This Sunday, June 30, around 11 a.m., the president of polling station 1 at the Louis Pasteur school in Béziers was verbally assaulted by Laetitia Lafare, a municipal official who arrived at the polling station.
The moment was rather serene in the voting booth to choose one’s ballot, when, all of a sudden, a burst of voices. Two women were speaking loudly. Once ready to vote, the session was interrupted. An elected official from the city of Béziers, Laetitia Lafare, remarked rather vehemently to the president of polling station no. 1 of the Louis Pasteur school “We should not make voters vote like this. They vote and then they sign, not the other way around.” Stung to the quick and in public, the president then left her seat and replied: “I’ve been practicing for ten years, there’s never been an incident. Since that’s it, I’m leaving. Here, take my place, you’ll do very well.”
We can vote or not
For years, in fact, on this desk, we hand over our identity document, we vote and we sign. It’s usual and no one finds fault. Well, there, apparently, a legalist was in the place. And made it known loudly that the method was not the right one. In the meantime, a big moment of uncertainty. The vote was interrupted for a moment in front of voters not knowing which “Saint” to turn to and it was necessary to ask: “We will be able to vote or not!” to stunned assessors who no longer know what to do.
The president and the elected official settle their scores
The president and the elected official, in a corner, explaining themselves. The president, particularly upset by such a public attack, did not want to take her place again. In short, we voted, without remembering in what order, but with a certainty without a president. Everything must have returned to normal after this incident. But what to do if someone comes to lodge a complaint? Do we cancel the vote of Bureau 1 of the Pasteur school or let it go? Was the altercation really worth it?
