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The constitutional reform of 23 July 2008 made it possible for French citizens living outside France to be represented by 11 deputies in the National Assembly. This provision was established by decree on 9 December 2011. In 2012, the 11 deputies will be elected by French citizens abroad for the first time.
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IDEA VFA Handbook

France introduced personal voting in embassies andconsulates in 1975 for presidential elections and referendums—an executiveadministrative initiative, because only one version of the ballot paper isrequired—and a number of former French colonies, for example Gabon and Guinea(Conakry), now have similar systems.

The fear of fraud in the operation of external votingprovisions has sometimes been well-founded. France abolished postal voting in1975 because of the incidence of fraud. French provisions for proxy votingbefore 1982 allowed proxies to be registered in any electoral district—whichled in legislative elections to competition to register proxies in marginal electoral districts. Since 1982, proxiesmay only be registered in electoral districts with which the elector has a connectionaccording to a list specified in the electoral law.

 

Le vote par correspondance a ?t? supprim? en France ?l'occasion d'une modification en 1975 du code ?lectoral (loi n? 75-1329 du31 d?cembre 1975).

http://www.senat.fr/leg/ppl06-335.html

 

Le vote par procuration

Les Fran?ais ?tablis hors de France qui ne peuvent passe d?placer pour voter personnellement dans leur commune ou le bureau de votede leur circonscription consulaire doivent, pour pouvoir voter, faire ?tablirune procuration.

 

http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Comment-voter/Le-vote-des-Francais-a-l-etranger

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http://www.ambafrance-in.org/IMG/pdf/kit_election_2012_EN.pdf

 

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Theconstitutional reform of 23 July 2008 made it possible for French citizensliving outside France to be represented by 11 deputies in the NationalAssembly. This provision was established by decree on 9 December 2011.
In 2012, the 11 deputies will be elected by French citizens abroad for thefirst time. (See below for map of constituencies.)
There are four ways for French citizens abroad to vote in general elections. Inaddition to casting their vote in a ballot box personally or by proxy (the onlytwo methods available in presidential elections and referendums), they may alsovote by email, Internet or post.

 

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